Abba Kolon and the Founding of Rome
In remarkable and unique passage (Song of Songs Rabbah 1.6.4) concerning the founding of Rome, R. Levi notes that each time two huts were built in Rome they collapsed, until an old man named Abba Kolon told the Romans that unless water from the Euphrates were mixed with mortar, the buildings would n...
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Penn Press
1991
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The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 1991, Volume: 81, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 239-266 |
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