Bible History Daily has published an important article by Jennifer Ristine, the longtime coordinator of the Visitors Center and the Magdalena Institute at Magdala, on the interpretation of the famous “Magdala Stone”—”The Magdala Stone: The Jerusalem Temple Embodied.”
The Magdala Stone in place near the center of the First Century Synagogue. Click on Image to Enlarge and/or Download
In her article, Ristine cites the work of Dr. Rina Talgam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Motti Aviam, Professor of Archaeology at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee.
A depiction of the Temple in Jerusalem? A seven-branched Menorah with the sacrificial altar below it (?), flanked by two vessels—one for water, one for oil?
Click here for additional images of the Magdala Stone. And for the interpretion of the symbols see especially Ristine’s accessible article!
Magdala is open daily to the public from 8:00 to 18:00. For more information, visit www.magdala.org.
Images in this post courtesy of Gordon Franz who maintains the web site Life and Land.
For my previous posts on Magdala see here, here, here and here.
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