CONTENTS

CONTENTS ט Abbreviations 1 Introduction Part One : The Ancient Periods Monarchical Period 5 the Kingdom of Judah during the Late Study of the Distribution of Messages in Nadav Na ' aman The Contribution of the Lachish Ostraca for the Shmuel Ahituv An Edomite Ostracon from Makkedah 13 Uriel Rappaport The Attitude of the Hasmoneans to Far-Off Nations 18 Maccabeus' Campaign to the Gilead 27 Philology and Historical Geography in Judas Mizpeh , Alema , Mella _, Pella ( I Maccabees 5 : 35 ) : Four Alphabetical Hymns from Qumran 39 Jerusalem from the Herodian Period to the Outbreak Comments and Reflections on the History of of the Jewish Revolt against Rome 57 Projects of Herod the Great 91 The Romanization of Judaea and the Building The Northern Wall of Aelia Capitolina 105 and Spectacles 120 Context of Greek and Roman Contests Herod ' s Hippodrome / Stadium at Caesarea in the and Their Assessment 168 The First-Century Synagogue : New Theories The Synagogue of the Second Temple Period on the...  אל הספר