The Water Pools and the Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Late Second Temple Period

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ID10330201
AuthorsDavid Gurevich (0000-0002-3309-0212, Nvidia (United Kingdom), corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume149
Issue2
Pages103-134
Publication date2017-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePalestine Exploration Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-0328 • E-ISSN: 1743-1301
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00310328.2017.1310563
OpenAlexW2626999207
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited29

A significant number of water pools existed in Jerusalem in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The pools constitute an archaeological phenomenon that should be analysed in its own right. No other city in the region had so many stand-alone large pools in its urban landscape. This paper offers an explanation of this phenomenon based on its cultural, historical, and archaeological context. The article discusses the corpus of pools, including the dating, the methods of water collection and their possible use in light of similar water installations that were common in this period. In the analysis of the pools' appearance in Jerusalem, the paper examines the broader context of the phenomenon—water utilisation by Jewish society in the time of the Second Temple before 70 AD. The conclusion drawn is that the pools are a manifestation of the wide-scale pilgrimage movement to Jerusalem that emerged in the Late Second Temple

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Cultural phenomenon · Humanities · Judaism · Period (music · Phenomenon · Pilgrimage · Second Temple period · Temple · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Philosophy

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