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The “Camp of the Assyrians” and the Third Wall of Jerusalem

Publication date: 25.02.2016

Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 13, pp. 19 - 30

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843925SJ.15.002.4224

Authors

Edward Dąbrowa
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-9096 Orcid
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The “Camp of the Assyrians” and the Third Wall of Jerusalem

Abstract

On two occasions in his description of the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, Josephus mentions the “Camp of the Assyrians” as the area in which Titus’ quarters were located. The historian’s account suggests that the location of this site meant that it played an important role in the battles at the city walls. Scholars do not agree on where it was situated, despite the significance of this fact for accurate reconstruction of the progression of the siege of Jerusalem as well as determining the course of the so-called Third Wall. Analysis of the literary and archaeological evidence leads to the conclusion that the name “Camp of the Assyrians” refers to an area lying north-west of the present-day walls of Jerusalem, whose southern borders are demarcated by the remains of an ancient wall unearthed during archaeological excavations and identified by archaeologists as the Third Wall.

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Information: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, 2015, Volume 13, pp. 19 - 30

Article type: Original article

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The “Camp of the Assyrians” and the Third Wall of Jerusalem
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The “Camp of the Assyrians” and the Third Wall of Jerusalem

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-9096

Edward Dąbrowa
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-9096 Orcid
All publications →

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 25.02.2016

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