Babatha's Orchard : the Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold /
This work considers the story behind papyri discovered in 1960 in the Cave of Letters by the Dead Sea. The archive contains various contracts and deeds entered into by a Jewish woman named Babatha, daughter of a land owner named Shim'on, at the end of the first century.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This work considers the story behind papyri discovered in 1960 in the Cave of Letters by the Dead Sea. The archive contains various contracts and deeds entered into by a Jewish woman named Babatha, daughter of a land owner named Shim'on, at the end of the first century. |
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| Item Description: | Explaining the Future Transfer of the Orchard. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191079894 0191079898 9780191079900 0191079901 9780191821349 0191821349 |