Benjamin Arubas
Biographic Data
| ID | 2140805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Arubas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Arubas |
| SIGNATURE | ARUBAS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Fabric Groups to Clay Recipes
The site of the Legio X Fretensis kilnworks at Jerusalem has provided a wealth of information about Roman‐period military craft production. In this article, we take a closer look at a particular set of work processes documented at the site – those involving the selection, adaptation, and use of local clays. The Jerusalem site has yielded a rather spectacular range of clay evidence – including raw clays, unfired products, furnace linings, and fini…
Roman-period synagogues of the Golan
Synagogue chronology has been the subject of scholarly debate for decades, especially in the Galilee, where synagogues have been dated both to the Roman and Byzantine (= late-antique) periods. 1 For the Golan, 2 the consensus has been that there is no evidence for them in the Roman period, and especially not in the 2nd-3rd c. The c .30 synagogues there, nearly all in the W central Golan, have always been precluded from the debate since, with the …
Capricorno Alae VII Phrygum … (i) Interim report on the fort near Tel Shalem
A multi-disciplinary research project has been begun in the fields next to the site of Tel Shalem (fig. 1), the locus of important discoveries since the 1970s (primarily the bronze statue of Hadrian). Recent geophysical prospections have detected the clear layout of a Roman fort and possibly even two successive forts. Two short excavation seasons carried out in 2017 and 2019, with a focus on the principia , resulted in finds that shed new light o…
(Ii) Interim report on the inscriptions from the aedes of the fort near Tel Shalem
Ever since the discovery of a building inscription of a vexillatio of the legio VI Ferrata near Tel Shalem, 1 it was clear that the area was a locus of Roman military activity. In the following years the vicinity of the Tel yielded the inscription of a Hadrianic arch whose letter-size is surpassed only by the lettering on the Pantheon and the Arch of Titus in Rome. 2 Most recently, the headquarters complex of the fort ( principia ), and in partic…
Revisiting the Mausoleum at Herodium
An attentive examination of the impressive finds of the mausoleum uncovered in 2007 in Herodium has demonstrated that these are not in accord with the characteristics of Herodian architecture as postulated by the late Prof. Ehud Netzer. The following four arguments show that this monument, which was indeed built by Herod, did not serve as his eternal resting place: • Its moderate dimensions.• The absence of an appropriate gateway to the burial gr…
Palace and Village, Paradise and Oblivion
Tel Ramat Ra?el, located halfway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, holds the key to understanding much of the political, economic, and social history of Judah during the Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic periods. Yohanan Aharoni’s excavations at the site between 1954 and 1962 began the process of unraveling the site’s millennial secrets, but his reports were preliminary, and he left many issues unresolved. In 2005, Od…
Palace and Village, Paradise and Oblivion
Tel Ramat Ra?el, located halfway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, holds the key to understanding much of the political, economic, and social history of Judah during the Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic periods. Yohanan Aharoni’s excavations at the site between 1954 and 1962 began the process of unraveling the site’s millennial secrets, but his reports were preliminary, and he left many issues unresolved. In 2005, Od…
Roman-period synagogues of the Golan
Synagogue chronology has been the subject of scholarly debate for decades, especially in the Galilee, where synagogues have been dated both to the Roman and Byzantine (= late-antique) periods. 1 For the Golan, 2 the consensus has been that there is no evidence for them in the Roman period, and especially not in the 2nd-3rd c. The c .30 synagogues there, nearly all in the W central Golan, have always been precluded from the debate since, with the …
Palace and Village, Paradise and Oblivion
Tel Ramat Ra?el, located halfway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, holds the key to understanding much of the political, economic, and social history of Judah during the Iron, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic periods. Yohanan Aharoni’s excavations at the site between 1954 and 1962 began the process of unraveling the site’s millennial secrets, but his reports were preliminary, and he left many issues unresolved. In 2005, Od…
Revisiting the Mausoleum at Herodium
An attentive examination of the impressive finds of the mausoleum uncovered in 2007 in Herodium has demonstrated that these are not in accord with the characteristics of Herodian architecture as postulated by the late Prof. Ehud Netzer. The following four arguments show that this monument, which was indeed built by Herod, did not serve as his eternal resting place: • Its moderate dimensions.• The absence of an appropriate gateway to the burial gr…
Capricorno Alae VII Phrygum … (i) Interim report on the fort near Tel Shalem
A multi-disciplinary research project has been begun in the fields next to the site of Tel Shalem (fig. 1), the locus of important discoveries since the 1970s (primarily the bronze statue of Hadrian). Recent geophysical prospections have detected the clear layout of a Roman fort and possibly even two successive forts. Two short excavation seasons carried out in 2017 and 2019, with a focus on the principia , resulted in finds that shed new light o…
(Ii) Interim report on the inscriptions from the aedes of the fort near Tel Shalem
Ever since the discovery of a building inscription of a vexillatio of the legio VI Ferrata near Tel Shalem, 1 it was clear that the area was a locus of Roman military activity. In the following years the vicinity of the Tel yielded the inscription of a Hadrianic arch whose letter-size is surpassed only by the lettering on the Pantheon and the Arch of Titus in Rome. 2 Most recently, the headquarters complex of the fort ( principia ), and in partic…
Roman-period synagogues of the Golan
Synagogue chronology has been the subject of scholarly debate for decades, especially in the Galilee, where synagogues have been dated both to the Roman and Byzantine (= late-antique) periods. 1 For the Golan, 2 the consensus has been that there is no evidence for them in the Roman period, and especially not in the 2nd-3rd c. The c .30 synagogues there, nearly all in the W central Golan, have always been precluded from the debate since, with the …
From Fabric Groups to Clay Recipes
The site of the Legio X Fretensis kilnworks at Jerusalem has provided a wealth of information about Roman‐period military craft production. In this article, we take a closer look at a particular set of work processes documented at the site – those involving the selection, adaptation, and use of local clays. The Jerusalem site has yielded a rather spectacular range of clay evidence – including raw clays, unfired products, furnace linings, and fini…
Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Architecture (2 works)