Posted on 12/08/2015 7:32:46 PM PST by Faith Presses On
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel â The carved stone block is about the size of an occasional table. It has held its secrets for two millenniums. Whoever engraved its enigmatic symbols was apparently depicting the ancient Jewish temples.
But what makes the stone such a rare find in biblical archaeology, according to scholars, is that when it was carved, the Second Temple still stood in Jerusalem for the carver to see. The stone is a kind of ancient snapshot.
And it is upending some long-held scholarly assumptions about ancient synagogues and their relationship with the Temple, a center of Jewish pilgrimage and considered the holiest place of worship for Jews, during a crucial period, when Judaism was on the cusp of the Christian era.
Known as the Magdala Stone, the block was unearthed in 2009 near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, where a resort and center for Christian pilgrims was going to be built. Government archaeologists are routinely called in to check for anything old and important that might be destroyed by a project, and in this case they discovered the well-preserved ruins of a first-century synagogue and began excavating.
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“dummii”
Don’t you mean the dumminati?
good article, interesting.. thanks!
What is an occasional table the rest of the time? Inquiring minds...
Those are the dummii that went into banking.
Lost in all the linguistics discussion is that this is a very interesting article. Thanks for posting.
[snicker]
Mine is a reloading bench
Thanks afip! Will ping GGG later.
I wondered too then I found this:
“Corner tables are also termed as the occasional tables. They add beauty to the buildings wherever it is used. There are different types of these tables available in the markets. One is lamp table, usually comes with the height of the bed where the night lamp is kept on it. Placing them near your sofa, chair, reading table, bed can help you to easily switch it on and off. Another type, Sofa tables which are kept beside the sofas in the receiving areas. Coffee tables are also a type of occasional table which is usually placed in front of the sofa at your knee level. This is used to keep the coffee cups after having them or while serving them.”
So they appear to be tables used “on an occasion” or “occasionally”, or even for a particular “occasion” (or purpose), hence the name.
A tripping hazard?
I was shocked yesterday to hear Steve Doocy split an infinitive. I had thought more highly of him.
They got distracted with Star Wars.
Here's the two Millenniums.
They say it's a living, we all gotta eat.
Have you heard the "beautiful jam ?" It was only played once, almost like a prayer without words, wedged between a confessional Wharf Rat and sublime Dark Star.
Who is Jerry? And is the line quoted an allusion in a song to C.S. Lewis’ Great Divorce? That was the only thing that came to mind when I went back and read the tag-line.
Jerry is Jerry Garcia, and the tag line is from The Other One.
All the best, and Merry Christmas!
I have a Millenia (broke down, of course) in the yard.
If I buy another one for parts, I’ll have two Milleniums................
Alumnusiances..................
You should have said, “Oh? You’re married to two women?”...........................B^)
I think the archaeologists might have it a bit wrong. I think this article is ‘The Judge’s Seat’ that is used in the olden days for someone to sit upon when hearing cases to be judged. The term Judge’s Seat was used by both Jews, Greeks and Romans..........................
Wouldn’t the plural of Millenia be Millenias?
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