Cinema South I

In the Highland's Depth, 2021

A system of pits recently discovered in Khirbet el-Hammam in northern Samaria apparently meets the accepted definition of “Gibeon pits”. These pits, used to store wine in the late Iron Age and early Persian period, are evidence of a developed local agriculture and of the site’s centrality. The location and identification of these pits in connection to other remains from Khirbet el-Hammam may shed new light on the size and centrality of the city during the Iron Age.

קתדרה, 2005

talk given at the World Congress of Jewish Stuies, 2013

Cooking and the male gaze: Tamar as viewed by Lucius (II Samuel 13 and Apuleus' Golden Ass 2:7). A comparison of two texts from the Ancient World that refer to a similar cooking activity by a woman in the context of male erotic reaction to it. The texts are not related to each other as a literary tradition; however, the similarities in the everyday activity portrayed in both allow them to illuminate each other to the modern reader.

Hebrew; Ph. D. diss., The Hebrew University of …, 2002

The Third Book of Maccabees is not considered to have great historical or literary value and, therefore, has not frequently been discussed in the literature. Moreover, even despite the growing academic preoccupation with Jewish Hellenistic literature, this book has remained marginal. The purpose of this study is to examine the historical significance of III Maccabees, that is to determine its place from the point of view of the Weltanschauungen prevalent in Hellenistic Jewry and the historical context in which it was composed. The basic assumption of the study is that the preliminary stage in a historical discussion of any written source, be it historiographic or fictional, is the examination of its nature and its goals. Hence, literary analysis of III Maccabees must proceed before any historical conclusions may be reached.

Beit Mikra , 2019

According to the biblical account (1 Kgs 7:23–26), in the middle of the courtyard of the temple stood a large water vessel of cast brass. Commentators and researchers have put forward various suggestions as to the form of the Molten Sea and its purpose in the temple. In this article, I argue that the description in 1 Kings offers definitive conclusions as to the biblical author’s intent regarding the form of the “Sea” and its volume (in בת units), and can resolve the outstanding question in the literature as to the equivalent of a בת in modern units of volume measurement. I shall also point to evidence in support of the view of other researchers that the Molten Sea held a purely symbolic role, while the practical functions of water for sacrificial purposes were provided by the bases (1 Kgs 7:27).

dancevoices.com

... triangles seeing Cunningham improvising in the aisles, a movie screened on the ceiling, Cage reading a text, and David Tudor playing a ... The viewers, led by 7 dancers (Adaya Fershkovsky, Coralli Ladam, Lilly Ladin, Irad Matzliach, Shira Rinot, Nahshon Stein and Oren Tishler ...

Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 2022

British authorities in Palestine encouraged the development of Jerusalem beyond its municipal boundaries, based on their understanding of its future trends. Under Ottoman rule, new neighborhoods were built in proximity to the center of town and with a certain degree of geographic contiguity with the neighborhoods that preceded them. In contrast, the British Mandate built neighborhoods in remote locations, spread over extensive areas. These neighborhoods had no contiguity with any previous settlements, and were planned based on available land. These "Garden Suburbs" established a new form of urban sprawl that surrounded central Jerusalem from the south (Talpiot together with Admat Amos and Givat Eliyahu, which were in the planning stage) and the west (Rehavia, Bayit VeGan, Beit HaKerem, Kiryat Moshe and Givat Shaul). Until the beginning of the Mandate period, the area east of Jerusalem remained almost devoid of Jewish habitation. Members of Agudat HaDayarim (The Tenants&#39...

2009

2009

Judea and Samaria Research Studies, 2021

The current article presents the results of interdisciplinary research conducted in Israel over the last few years. This research aims to characterize the traditional varieties of the Holy Land, as well as the means of production and characteristics of the wines made from these varieties. In a previous paper, we suggested that unique apparatuses located at Hirbat Hablta are related to the production of a sweet wine named "Helioston," and presented the historical sources that support this claim. In the current article, we discuss the historical sources relating to Cyprus ("Cafrissin") wine and Helioston wine; we propose that the Cafrissin wine, mentioned as an ingredient of the incense used at the temple in Jerusalem, is a wine produced in a similar manner (the partial drying of grapes) to Helioston wine. We propose that in both cases, the wines were high in alcohol and contained high residual sugar content. To demonstrate the possibility of producing wine of this...