List of Illustrations
Silver scroll c. 600 BCE found in a burial chamber at Ketef
Hinnom, Jerusalem. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Bridgeman
Images)
Interior of head tefillin capsule of the first century CE, probably
from Qumran. (BibleLandPictures.com/Alamy)
Scroll of the book of Isaiah, c. 125 BCE, discovered in Qumran.
(BibleLandPictures.com/Alamy)
Warning inscription from the balustrade in the Temple. (Istanbul
Museum of Archaeology/Holy Land Photos)
The Temple Mount, Jerusalem. (Robert Harding/Alamy)
The Western Wall, Jerusalem. (Lucas Vallecillos/Alamy)
The façade of the Jerusalem Temple depicted on a tetradrachm
minted by Jewish rebels in Judaea, 132 CE. (Eddie Gerald/Alamy)
Carved stone block from Migdal in Galilee depicting a menorah.
(BibleLandPictures.com/Alamy)
Masada. (Nathan Benn/Alamy)
Part of the book of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) found at Masada. (©
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Leon Levy Dead
Sea Scrolls Digital Library)
Qumran. (Novarc Images/Alamy)
The Great Psalms Scroll, first half of the first century CE, found at
Qumran. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel/Bridgeman
Images)
Stone vessels from Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period.
(Zev Radovan/Bridgeman Images)
Mikveh, first century CE, at Qumran. (Pascal Deloche/Getty
Images)
Glass vessel depicting a Torah ark and a menorah, from Rome,
fourth century CE. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel/
Bridgeman Images)