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Ancient Israel

A view down the Via Dolorosa.

Print by by Hugh Campbell III [Israel Images]...

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Bibliography of Ancient Israel

Brief Bibliography relating to ancient Israel and Land & Time, Daily Life and Religion. Includes a few childrens references. [University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]...

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Death and Burial

Death, and the proper treatment of the dead, were important issues for both Canaanites and Israelites. Appropriate arrangements included activities perpetuating the name of the deceased, offerings of food and other gifts, and the proper stewardship of family land. Upon death, males, at least, seem to have joined the ranks of their ancestors. [Manne...

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Weaving & Textiles

Most families in the Bronze and Iron Age wove their own cloth and made their own clothing. Like breadmaking, this was an activity that figured prominently in the daily lives of women. In antiquity, the southern Levant was famous for the weaving of luxurious patterned and colored textiles. [Manners and Customs] [University of Pennsylvania Museum]...

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The Pharisees

"Pharisee" is from a Greek word (pharisaios) taken from the Heb/Aramaic "Perisha" meaning "Separated one." In the first century A.D. the Pharisees were one of the three chief Jewish sects, the others were the Sadducees and the Essenes. Of the three, the Pharisees were the most separated from the ways of the foreign influences that were invading Jud...

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The Scribes of the First Century A.D.

The Scribes were also called "lawyers" and the "doctors of the law". They were all highly educated from a young age, and at an appropriate time (some say by the age of 30) they were elected to office. They were not only copyists of the law, but they were also the preservers of the oral tradition, which included the commentaries and additions to the...

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Israel Timeline 1845-1998

This site begins with the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and wraps it up with Stage International in 2002....

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Israel History Timeline

This site begins with 10,000 BC: first permanent settlements in Israel and ends with 1995: Pro-compromise Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin killed at a peace rally by a Jewish right-wing assassin. Includes photos....

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The Samaritans

In later Hebrew writings the word Samaritan speaks of the people of the district of Samaria in central Israel. They came from intermarriages of certain Israelites with the colonists from Babylon and other parts of Mesopotamia and Syria. These colonists had been placed there by the Assyrian kings Sargon II and Esarhaddon, after the Northern Kingdom ...

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Israel - Timeline

Starts at the 17th century:The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob - patriarchs of the Jewish people - settle in the Land of Israel. Famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt. And ends in 1998:Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary.Israel and the PLO sign the Wye River Memorandum to facilitate implementation of the Interim Agreement. ....

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