JEWISH TEMPLE SEAL FOUND
Jan 6, 2012 9:53:43 GMT -5
Post by baydoll on Jan 6, 2012 9:53:43 GMT -5
(Friday Church News Notes, January 6, 2012, www.wayoflife.org )
In December 2011, a seal associated with ritual purification rites in the Second Temple was found. The seal was discovered during excavations under the Robinson’s Arch in the western wall of the Temple Mount.
The seal, which is inscribed with the Aramaic words “Pure for God,” was found in soil dating to or just prior to the first century A.D. Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa said:
“It constitutes direct archaeological evidence of the activity on the Temple Mount and the workings of the Temple during the Second Temple period”
(“Seal Found in Temple Mount Excavation,” Jewish Press, Dec. 26, 2011).
In December 2011, a seal associated with ritual purification rites in the Second Temple was found. The seal was discovered during excavations under the Robinson’s Arch in the western wall of the Temple Mount.
The seal, which is inscribed with the Aramaic words “Pure for God,” was found in soil dating to or just prior to the first century A.D. Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa said:
“It constitutes direct archaeological evidence of the activity on the Temple Mount and the workings of the Temple during the Second Temple period”
(“Seal Found in Temple Mount Excavation,” Jewish Press, Dec. 26, 2011).
