[Defiant]

Did the NYT really say millenniums?

[a fool in paradise]

PING

[NYer]

The site turned out to be the presumed hometown of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus’s most faithful followers. The dig also revealed an ancient marketplace and fishermen’s quarters along with the synagogue.

Experts have raised the tantalizing possibility that Jesus may have taught in the synagogue when he was in Galilee. A local coin found in a side room was minted in A.D. 29, when Jesus is thought to have been alive.

Ping!

[cloudmountain]

Good article.
Thanks for posting.

My Protestant friend and I went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2011. WHAT a wonderful trip that was.

[af_vet_1981]

I wish the main point proffered in the article was in the posted excerpt; that because a carving of the Holy of Holies was found in the center of a First Century synagogue, dating to the time of Jesus (29 AD/CE), the religious role of the synagogue prior to the destruction of the Second Temple was perhaps more significant in religious life than previously thought.

[faithhopecharity]

good article, interesting.. thanks!

[Oztrich Boy]

What is an occasional table the rest of the time? Inquiring minds...

[Red Badger]

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..........................

[Skooz]

Millenniums?

Really?

[lonevoice]

Very cool