Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Triumfo de la Sagrada Ley: En repuesta a diversas questiones hechas por un fraile de Ruan (The Triumph of the Sacred Law: In Response to Various Questions Posed by a Cleric of Rouen)
We have already said that whoever invents new things is the one who has to bring…
Well at Beersheba
Well at Beersheba. This well was in use during the ninth and eighth centuries BCE and again in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (6th–2ndcenturies BCE). It is found just outside the city gate. The…
Antiochus IV on Seleucid Coin
Antiochus IV on Seleucid Coin, 175 to 164 BCE. The apocalyptic visions in chapters 7 to 12 of the book of Daniel are presented as prophecies to the figure of Daniel, who was in service to the kings of…
Ivory-openwork Inlay with an Enthroned Figure
This ivory openwork inlay from Samaria depicts a figure enthroned on a cushioned chair, perhaps at a banquet, with an attendant standing behind. Royal banquet scenes, common in ancient Near Eastern…
Inscribed Offering Pot
Though discovered in a private home in Beersheba, this 9.5-inch-high × 11.5-inch-wide (24 cm × 29.5 cm) pot, or its contents, was probably dedicated to the sanctuary. The inscription kodesh or kadosh…
Bone Flute
This flute from Tel Goren at En Gedi, 4 inches long and .67 inches wide (10 × 2 cm), is made from the hollowed shaft of an animal bone. The hole near the center was probably for blowing air across the…
Manasseh (Chronicles)
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did what was displeasing to the Lord, following the abhorrent practices of the nations that the…
Ezekiel’s Prophetic Commission
And He said to me, “O mortal, stand up on your feet that I may speak to you.” As He spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard what was being spoken to me…
Next Pesach: Literacy and Identity in Religious Zionist Women
The range of my movement between “here” and “there” was supported by imagination and sustained by difference. In going to a women’s seminary, I remained…
Job’s Response to God
Job said in reply to the Lord:
I know that You can do everything,
That nothing you propose is impossible for You.
Who is this who obscures counsel without knowledge?
Indeed, I spoke without…
Curses to Deter Misconduct
The Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the people of Israel:
Cursed be anyone who makes a sculptured or molten image, abhorred by the Lord, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up…
Red Hammer Man with Chains
Red Hammer Man (which debuted in 1912) was used on posters during Hungary’s 1919 revolution and was reproduced over the years as a key figure of socialist propaganda. The heroic figure wielding a…