Mosaic Inscription, ‘En Gedi
© Todd Bolen / BiblePlaces.com. Translation from Lee Levine, “The Inscription in the ‘En Gedi Synagogue,” in Lee Levine, ed., Ancient Synagogues Revealed (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1981), 140–45.
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© Todd Bolen / BiblePlaces.com.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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