Stepped Pools and Stone Vessels

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Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
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Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Wassén, Cecilia
year: 
2019
Full title: 

Stepped Pools and Stone Vessels

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Biblical Archaeology Review
Volume: 
45
Issue / Series Volume: 
4-5
Abbreviated Series Name: 
BAR
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

It is generally assumed that the increased production of stone vessels and the introduction of stepped pools around the turn of the era reflect Jewish concerns with ritual purity. Cecilia Wassén suggests other, more mundane, factors, such as general Hellenizing influences and the Roman culture of bathing.

URL: 
https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/45/4/10
Label: 
22/07/2019
Record number: 
105 673