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Artist Unknown
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Eidlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Údlice, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1805
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Artist Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1845
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This photo shows a reconstruction of the cella, or inner sanctum, of the Arad sanctuary as it is thought to have appeared in its last phase. At the rear stands a 35-inch-tall (90 cm) pillar of…
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Arad, Land of Israel
(Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA(?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE
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This basin from Kuntillet Ajrud is much too large to have been used for a practical purpose—it weighs more than 300 pounds (136 kg) and is large enough for two adults to sit in. The inscription…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
Date:
Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Elbert Weinberg
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1953
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In the new religious revival, the theologians and philosophers have it easy; they can battle about the nature of revelation endlessly in the pages of Commentary. Parents and householders, on the other…
Contributor:
Ruth Gay
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1951
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Artist Unknown
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(Kerala, India)
Date:
1721
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Jews first settled in Kaifeng, the capital of Henan province in central China, before 1127. According to scholars, they had come from India or Persia, spoke Persian, and worked as cotton dyers and…
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty
(Kaifeng, China)
Date:
1722
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A.Z.
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire
(Corfu, Greece)
Date:
1675–1699
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This lacquered, cylindrical case for a Torah scroll was made from a combination of wood, bronze, and iron in Kaifeng, China. (The hard-sided Torah case was a Sephardic tradition. It offered more…
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Artist Unknown
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty
(Kaifeng, China)
Date:
17th or 18th Century