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.
Sea of Reeds Mosaic, Ḥuqoq
Mosaic panel showing Pharaoh’s soldiers drowning in the Sea of Reeds from the Ḥuqoq synagogue. Used with permission of Jodi Magness, photo © Jim Haberman.…
Zenon Papyrus
The Zenon papyri, a cache of more than two thousand papyrus documents, were discovered in Egypt during the winter of 1914–1915. The documents contain records written by Zenon, an Egyptian official who…
Coins from the First Jewish Revolt
After Jewish rebels captured Jerusalem in the early days of the revolt against Rome, they took advantage of their access to the Temple and its treasury to mint a new set of Jewish coins, emphasizing…
The Rule of the Community (1QS)
One of the most important sectarian texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Rule of the Community provides information about the beliefs and practices of the Jewish sect living in Qumran during the…
Coin Bearing the Name of John Hyrcanus
The Hasmonean appropriation of the high priesthood and the Judean political leadership, a turning point in the history of Judaea, was reflected in the minting of coins, a symbol of a new political…
Tefillin from Nahal Se’elim
Tefillin from Nahal Se’elim in the Judean desert, first or second century CE. Tefillin (phylacteries) are small leather ritual boxes affixed to one’s forehead and…
Rectangular Mikveh, Western Hebron
This rectangular mikveh, found in Hebron, is divided into three sections by two separation walls.