A Document from “Year 4 of the Destruction of the House of Israel“

Authors: Eshel, Esther; Eshel ", Hanan; Yardeni, Ada

Source: Dead Sea Discoveries, Volume 18, Number 1, 2011 , pp. 1-28(28)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The article presents a document, a receipt of a ketubba and a waiver of claims, that bears the date “Year 4 of the Destruction of the House of Israel.“ The counting is from after the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt, and the document thus would date to 140 c.e. The discussion consists of text, translation, notes on readings, commentary, and palaeographical description.

Keywords: Papyrus; Bar Kokhba; Jewish documents; Hebrew; Aramaic

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851710X503530

Publication date: 2011-01-01