Wed, February 15, 2012 Shvat 22, 5772
BREAKING NEWS
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Russia says it is concerned by Iran's nuclear progress (Reuters)
Tsafrir forgets that Israel's Antiquities Authority preserves many non-Jewish sites: Bet Guvrin, Damascus Gate, Caesarea, the Umayyad palaces at the Southern Wall of Jerusalem, Bet Shean, Zippori, Kursi, to name a few. But he may be right that perhaps the decision to build this museum should be postponed & reconsidered. Greek, not Latin, was the global language of the eastern Mediterranean region. Jews in Judea spoke Aramaic, but many knew Greek and the Romans communicated in Greek here too. Finally, Sand does not know ancient history and sources and is not an authority for anything. He is not a reputable scholar of this period.