New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

The main defendants, Gadalias and Saulos, stood accused of corrupt dealings, including falsified documents and fictitious ...

The most extensive hiding complex discovered to date in the Galilee has been excavated in an archaeological excavation carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at the site of Huqoq ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

Per the study, the papyrus was likely written on the “eve of the Bar Kokhba Revolt,” a second-century Jewish uprising against Roman rule. The Roman Empire had colonized Judea—the southern ...

The coin from the period of the Bar Kochba revolt is one of only four ever discovered in the Old City of Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rare bronze coin from the period of the Bar Kochba revolt ...

The one thing that does happen in the second revolt... is [that] the self-consciously apocalyptic and messianic identity of Bar Kochba forces the issue for the Christian tradition. It appears that ...

Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...