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Bezalel Student as Ruth the Moabite
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Ben-Dov was the founder of the photography department in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This photograph of an art student posing as the biblical Ruth is faithful to the Bezalel mission to…

Contributor:

Yaacov Ben-Dov

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Women, Ecology, Education, Bible, Photography

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Photography
Photograph of woman wearing white head scarf holding a bouquet and gazing downward in a field.
Seal of Hamiohel Daughter of Menahem, with Fish
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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…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIB–IIC, 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Women, Ecology, Animals, Seals

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Seals
Seal made of bone and decorated with a fish and a Hebrew inscription.