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Ritual Bath from Jesus's Time Found at Gethsemane in Jerusalem


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Being religiously ignorant, I had to look this one up:

 

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Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion. It is a place of great resonance in Christianity. There are several small olive groves in church property, all adjacent to each other and identified with biblical Gethsemane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane

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Archaeological excavations by the Antiquities Authority ahead of construction unearthed a 2000-year-old ritual bath near the modern church at Gethsemane, together with the remains of a church from the Byzantine period (ca. 1500 years ago). 

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A 2000-year-old ritual bath discovered at the site dates from the time of Jesus’s presence in Jerusalem, following Christian belief. Remains of a Byzantine church were also uncovered in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the Jerusalem church.

A 2000-year-old bath discovered alongside remains of a 1500-years-old Byzantine Church  (photo credit: YOLI SHWARTZ ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY)

A 2000-year-old bath discovered alongside remains of a 1500-years-old Byzantine Church

 

 

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/ritual-bath-from-time-of-jesus-found-at-gethsemane-in-jerusalem-652826

 

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One of the first archaeological evidences of its kind of Second Temple-period activity at Gethsemane was unearthed near the modern church during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in collaboration with scholars from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. A 2000-year-old ritual bath discovered at the site dates from the time of Jesus’s presence in Jerusalem, following Christian belief. Impressive remains of a Byzantine church were also uncovered in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the church.

An Interesting video on the find:

 

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One of the first archaeological evidences of its kind of Second Temple-period activity at Gethsemane was unearthed near the modern church during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in collaboration with scholars from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. A 2000-year-old ritual bath discovered at the site dates from the time of Jesus’s presence in Jerusalem, following Christian belief. Impressive remains of a Byzantine church were also uncovered in the Kidron Valley at the foot of the church.

 

Summary: Although I am a religious skeptic, I recognize that some of the best research and archaeological scholarship is motivated by an interest in religion. 

 

 

guy also known as gaius

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