Greek Inscription on Mosaic from Beth Shean, Jordan Valley
The gift of those of whom the Lord knows the names, He shall guard them, in times. . . .
Translated by Dan Bahat.
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Greek Inscription on Mosaic from Beth Shean, Jordan Valley, trans. Dan Bahat, from Michael Avi-Yonah and Ephraim Stern, Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, vol. 1 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975), p. 228. Used with permission of the translator.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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