Perpetual Fires in the Jerusalem Temple through a Mediterranean Perspective: Regularity, Eternity, Exemplarity
The fires of the Jerusalem temple altar were said to be perpetual. Various writers from the fourth century BCE to the third century CE added explanations and perspectives to this practice: the argument that the fire came from heaven, that it continued even during the destruction of the temple, or th...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2024, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 301-334 |
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Plutarch
B Jerusalem Temple B Fire B Ritual B Altars B Menorah B Delphi B perpetuity |
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