Jerusalem in the Year 30 A.D., 2nd ed.
Overview
Open up the world of Jerusalem in the first century with Jerusalem in the Year 30 A.D. The combination of artistic restorations and onsite photographs transport you back almost 2,000 years. See the remains from the period preserved in and around the present-day walls of Jerusalem. Then walk the streets of the city in the time of Jesus with the minutely detailed reconstruction drawings.
Locations depicted include the Pool of Siloam, site of Jesus’ healing of the blind man; the Bethesda Pools, where the man paralyzed for 38 years was healed; and the Palatial Mansion where it is likely Jesus was interrogated by the priests and elders while Peter waited in the courtyard outside. Alternative routes for the Via Dolorosa and the two sites identified as Golgotha are also shown.
All the salient sites in the first century A.D. are beautifully illustrated with maps, illustrations, reconstructions and photographs by renowned artists and scholars—Leen & Kathleen Ritmeyer.
- Includes maps, illustrations, reconstructions, and photographs
- Focuses on key landmarks and features of Jerusalem
- Combines artistic restorations and onsite photographs
Top Highlights
“Josephus Flavius, himself a Jerusalemite, born in about 37 a.d. Although” (Page 8)
“He discerned in the contours of the hill opposite the shape of a skull. Others would add that the facial features of a skull—two caves for eyesockets with the rock between them as a nose, could be seen in the rock face which was traditionally known as Jeremiah’s Grotto. Continuing the analogy, he visualized the whole of Mount Moriah as a human skeleton with the skull here in the northern position in relation to the Temple Mount, which represented the pelvis. This he took as confirmation that this was indeed the ‘place of the skull’ associated with Christ’s crucifixion, in fulfillment of the Scriptural type that the blood of the sacrifices was always shed on the north side of the altar (Lev. 1:11).” (Page 60)
“Excavations carried out in the area reveal that in the early first century a.d., this site was part of a disused quarry containing numerous tombs in the style of the period. As the dead were always buried outside the city, this alone would indicate that the area was not then included within the city walls.” (Page 58)
“In the time of Jesus, Jerusalem was surrounded by a vast necropolis, or city of the dead, on the north, east and south.” (Page 64)
“three hills—Mount Moriah, the Eastern Hill and the Western Hill” (Page 8)
- Title: Jerusalem in the Year 30 A.D.
- Authors: Leen Ritmeyer, Kathleen Ritmeyer
- Edition: Second revised edition
- Publisher: Carta Jerusalem
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 72
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Jerusalem › History; Jerusalem › Antiquities; Palestine › History--To 70 A.D
- ISBNs: 9789652208569, 9652208566
- Resource ID: LLS:CARTAJER30AD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:17:09Z
Leen Ritmeyer, originally from Holland, is an archaeological architect, lecturer and teacher. He has been involved in all of Jerusalem’s major excavations, producing site plans and reconstruction drawings for all of them. In Jerusalem, he directed prestigious restoration projects such as the Byzantine Cardo and the Herodian Villas and taught Biblical Archaeology at the Universities of Leeds and Cardiff in the U.K. In 2006, his major work, The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, was published after thirty years of intensive research.
Kathleen Ritmeyer holds a BA degree in Archaeology from University College Dublin and a postgraduate certificate in education. Since 1983, she has been a partner with Leen in their firm, Ritmeyer Archaeological Design (www.ritmeyer.com), producing educational materials on the subject of biblical archaeology.
