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Many of the seal impressions, with the inscription lamelekh “(Belonging, or pertaining) to the king,” followed by the name of a city, feature a two-winged figure, probably a winged sun disk…
From Jerusalem, this seal is made of bone. The fish image, a motif known only from Hebrew seals, suggests plenty and fertility (cf. Genesis 48:16) and may also allude to the life-giving nature of…
[ . . . ] For the whole day after I received your letter, I had the same celebratory mood that one feels after a cleansing and encouraging spiritual moment. Yet I am too weak to hold on to it. In…
