Babatha’s Final Days: New Light from Papyrus Starcky

Babatha, a Judean woman from the early second century CE, hid a satchel of thirty-five legal papyri in a cave in Wadi Ḥever on the Dead Sea around 135 CE. This article argues that she brought two other papyri, in Nabatean Aramaic, into the cave (P.XḤev/Se Nab 1, also called "P.Starcky," an...

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Main Author: Esler, Philip Francis 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press 2022
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 141, Issue: 3, Pages: 491-512
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Papyrus / Babatha ca. 104-132 / Aramaic language / Jews / Revolt (132-135) / Cave / Collateral (finance) / Severance pay
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Papyrus Starcky
B Wadi Ḥever
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