A Document from 'Year 4 of the Destruction of the House of Israel'

Full title
A Document from 'Year 4 of the Destruction of the House of Israel'
Research notes

Reader checked|03/12/2011 AL

Reference type
Author(s)
Eshel, Esther
Eshel, Hanan
Yardeni, Ada
Year
2011
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume
18
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
1
Pages
1-28
Work type
Label
11/07/2011
Abstract

The article presents a document, a receipt of a ketubba and a waiver of claims, that bears the date “Year 4 of the Destruction of the House of Israel.“ The counting is from after the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, and the document thus would date to 140 c.e. The discussion consists of text, translation, notes on readings, commentary, and palaeographical description.

Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents
Scroll / Document
Passage
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