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Arad letter (Order Concerning Rations), from the remains of the Judahite fortress at Arad, in the Negev, 7th or 6th century BCE. The Arad ostraca provide an impression of the provincial administration…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
Date:
Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Elephantine letter, dated to year 17 of King Darius II (November 25, 407 BCE). See Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple) and Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia. The letter is…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
407 BCE
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This letter hailing Shabbetai Tzvi as the Messiah was signed by twenty-four prominent members of the Amsterdam Jewish community who had founded a learned society, Yeshuot Meshiho, in his honor. It was…
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Eliah ben Michael Judah Leon
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1666