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Arad Sanctuary Pillar
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This photo shows a reconstruction of the cella, or inner sanctum, of the Arad sanctuary as it is thought to have appeared in its last phase. At the rear stands a 35-inch-tall (90 cm) pillar of…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA(?)–IIB, 9th (?)–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Cities, Temple, Sacrifice, Ritual object

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Ritual Objects
Photograph of remains of stone structure with steps and two small altars.
Broadsheet Accompanying Model of the Tabernacle
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This broadsheet is based on a famous model of the Temple in Jerusalem, owned by Jacob Judah Leon, a rabbi from the Netherlands. Probably produced in Amsterdam, the poster includes illustrations of the…

Contributor:

Jacob Judah Leon Templo

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1652

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Temple, Cities, Portrait, Art

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Architecture
Broadsheet with Dutch text on left and right margins, with large illustrated map in the middle of many squares and lines. Around the map are five images in squares: a man in hat and moustache, layers of priestly garments, a smaller map, rectangular building, and items of worship such as a candelabrum.
Map of the Land of Israel
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This map, in a manuscript copy of Be’er mayim ḥayim (A Spring of Living Water), a commentary on Rashi published in Worms or Friedberg in the late fifteenth or sixteenth century, is based on Rashi’s…

Contributor:

Ḥayim ben Bezalel

Places:

Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Friedburg (Friedberg, Germany)

Date:

Late 15th or 16th Century

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Temple, Bible, Allegory

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, History, Architecture
Manuscript page with drawings of buildings and boats spread across the page with Hebrew labels.
Arad Sanctuary
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The Arad sanctuary today exists in ruins (image on left), and scholars have attempted its reconstruction (right). The sanctuary included a building with a broad hall approximately 35 feet (10.5 m)…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Scholarship, Archaeology, Temple, Cities, Sacrifice

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Religion & Theology
Photograph of ruins of stone buildings.