9/7/2023 0 Comments My first bible storiesThen God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And God saw that the light was good and God separated the light from the darkness. Then God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, The one built over it is the only known synagogue from the Mamluk Period uncovered in Israel. Architecturally, the original synagogue is similar to the one at Capernaum. The excavations show that Huqoq was growing throughout the 4th, 5th, and 6th centuries, and the size of the mosaic means it was a fairly prosperous village, Professor Magness explained. My impression from the archaeology was always exactly the opposite, that the settlements continued to prosper and flourish.” “Many of my Israeli colleagues think that Christian rule was oppressive to the Jews and that these early Jewish settlements declined, and some even disappeared. The Times Of Israel reports Professor Magness concedes the mosaics were an accidental discovery after she was originally drawn to the site for very different reasons that focused on the impact of early Christian rule, and what happened to Jewish villages as Christianity became more widespread. “There is no other synagogue like this anywhere in Israel that has so many different mosaics with so many different Biblical themes and parallels,” said Professor Magness, adding that while “the mosaics get the publicity, we have huge quantities of other artifacts, including pottery, coins, boxes of animal bones, and glass fragments” The building itself features unique architecture including columns still retaining some of their original, colourful plaster paintings. Numerous animals are featured such as a tiger hunting an ibex, plus lions and bulls.“ Also illustrated are Noah’s Ark, the Tower of Babel, the splitting of the Red Sea, Moses’s spies in Canaan, the oasis of Elim from Exodus and Jonah being swallowed by a fish. The incredibly well-preserved depictions include scenes from the Book of Judges such as Samson with foxes and carrying the Gaza gate, judge Deborah and Kenite woman Yael killing Canaanite general Sisera. The Times Of Israel writes that the entire 20×14 metre floor is covered in vibrant mosaics illustrating Biblical scenes and ornate designs from the period. This year the team finished its dig on the interior of the Late Roman synagogue and the Mamluk synagogue from the 14th century that was built on top of it. Professor Jodi Magness, an archaeologist and professor of early Judaism at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, has been excavating the site every northern summer since 2011, except for two years during the pandemic, supported by an international team of experts, students, and volunteers. A Roman-era mosaic portraying multiple Biblical characters and stories has been unearthed in the ruins of a 1,600-year-old synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee region.
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