During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves ...
One of these, Tamet, was a freed slave who was dedicated ... Similarly, in the Jewish temple later built in Leontopolis, ...
Anyone familiar with the Bible and the Passover story, of course, can point to a far more ancient history of Jews being oppressed in Egypt ... which depicts the Hebrew slaves laboring on ...
A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.
By the time the plague of locusts was announced, Egypt stood on the brink of ruin, its once-mighty economy reduced to shambles. The Jewish slaves were no longer worth the burden; they had become a ...
It remembers the Exodus – how God rescued the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt The main focus of the festival is a special meal, where the whole family will gather to hear the story of their ...
A remarkable papyrus recently unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority offers unprecedented ...