Ezekiel was the son of the priest Buzi, and he himself was also a priest. In the year 597 B.C., while still young, he was among the first group of deportees taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Five years later, in 593 B.C., upon turning thirty — the age at which he...
Two new print editions of “Bible Portico,” a publication sponsored by the Saxum International Foundation, have been released in recent weeks. These new editions were made possible through the foundation’s collaboration with publishers in France and Hong Kong. The...
If we enter the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and turn to the right, we ascend a steep staircase to Calvary, the site of the Crucifixion. There, to the right, we find a Catholic chapel, and if we look up at the ceiling, we discover a mosaic depicting...
Western shore of the Dead Sea, between Qumran and Ein Gedi. Photo: Eyal Asaf. The Dead Sea is the sea of all superlatives: at 420 meters below the Mediterranean, it is the lowest point on Earth; with salinity levels almost ten times higher than those of the ocean, it...
Thanks to everyone’s collaboration, the Saxum Visitor Center has continued to offer enriching experiences throughout 2024, even in the current circumstances. Here are some key figures: we started the year with 67 visitors, and by November, we reached 426,...
The prophet Jeremiah was born in Anathoth, a small village in the kingdom of Judah, north of Jerusalem, within the territory populated by the tribe of Benjamin. He came from a priestly lineage, and his prophetic activity lasted more than forty years. He carried out...
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