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QUICK REFERENCE CHART OF ANCIENT JUDEAN OIL LAMPS
FROM BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT PERIODS
QUICK REFERENCE CHART OF ANCIENT JUDEAN OIL LAMPS
FROM BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT PERIODS
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Bronze Age Lamps 2200-1200 BC The time of Abraham (Book of Genesis) to the Judges (Book of 1 Samuel). |
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Iron Age Lamps 1200-560 BC The time of David (Book of 1 Samuel) to the Babylonian Captivity (Book of Daniel) |
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Hellenistic Radial Lamps 4th-1st Century BC During the Intertestamental Period while Judea was under the Persians then the Greek Hellenistic and into the period of Jewish independence (Book of Macabees). |
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Herodian Lamps Early Roman 100 BC - 100 AD From time of Jewish Independence (King and High Priest Jannaeus) into the Roman period during lifetime of Jesus Christ (Gospels) and the Early Church (Book of Acts and rest of the New Testament) through the destruction of the Temple. |
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Mid Roman Lamps 100 - 300 AD From the time of the destruction of the Temple to the beginning of rule of Emperor Constantine the Great. The lamp shown to the left is a "discus lamp". |
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Late Roman Lamps 300 - 400 AD From the time of Emperor Constantine the Great to the fall of the Roman Empire. |
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Byzantine Lamps 500 - 700 AD From fall of the Roman Empire into the Byzantine Empire. Many of these pear shaped lamps had Christian symbols, such as the cross, on them. |
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OIL LAMPS OF THE HOLY LANDS The Adler Collection A Comprehensive Book Catalog of Oil Lamps of the Holy Land by Noam Adler c.2004 Click the picture to the left for purchase information |
