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Jericho was a city in the Jordan valley.
History
The old Jericho was abandoned after the Babylonian invasion, and settlement moved from the mound to the irrigated oasis. The city developed during the Hasmonean and the Herodian periods, around a complex of royal buildings.
It was in a swimming pool at Jericho that Aristobulus III was murdered by order of Herod the Great. Jericho is also mentioned in the New Testament in relation to some events of the life of Jesus of Nazareth and as the setting of the parable of the Good Samaritan.
With the Jewish War the city declined rapidly and hosted a small Roman garrison and a fort, which played a role in the suppression of the Bar-Kokhba revolt.
Jericho in ancient sources
Gospel of Mark
Mark 10:46 -- And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.
Gospel of Matthew
Matthew 20:29 -- And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
Gospel of Luke
Luke 10:30 -- Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luke 18:35 -- As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.
Luke 19:1 -- He entered Jericho and was passing through.
Hebrews
Heb 11:30 -- By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
Josephus, Jewish War
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
Jericho in Scholarship
Significant remains of the Hasmonean and Herodian Jericho still exist. The site was first excavated by Charles Warren in 1868, followed by A. Noldeke, Carl Watzinger, and Ernst Sellin (1909-1911), J.L. Kelso and D.C. Baramki (1950); J. Pritchard (1951); Ehud Netzer (after 1971); and others.
Jericho in Fiction
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External links
Select Bibliography (articles)
- Jericho / Oren Gutfeld / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 786-788
Pages in category "Jericho (subject)"
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