The Body of a Babylonian Jew Is Sent to Jerusalem
A first-century tomb in Giv'at Hamivtar, Jerusalem, bears a very rare Paleo Hebrew inscription of a Babylonian Jew who's body was sent to Jerusalem.
The inscription reads: “I am Abba, son of the priest Eleazar, son of Aaron the Great. I am Abba, the oppressed, the persecuted, who was born in Jerusalem and went to exile into Babylonia…”
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Tomb of Abba, 1st Century CE:
“I am Abba, son of the priest Eleazar, son of Aaron the Great. I am Abba, the oppressed, the persecuted, who was born in Jerusalem and went to exile into Babylonia…”
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