<p>Archaeologists from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill working in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel">Israel</a> unearthed depictions of Deborah, Jael, and other heroes from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bible">biblical</a> book of Judges.</p>
<p>A team led by professor Jodi Magness uncovered the three-panel mosaic — which is at least 1,600 years old — on the floor of an ancient Jewish synagogue in Huqoq, a village north of Tiberias, according to a <a href="https://uncnews.unc.edu/2022/07/05/excavations-by-unc-chapel-hill-archaeologist-reveal-first-known-depictions-of-two-biblical-heroines-episode-in-ancient-jewish-art/">press release</a>. The mosaic is divided into three horizontal strips that depict scenes from the book of Judges — a historical account of the Israelites between the conquest of the promised land and the anointing of the first king.</p>
<p>One panel depicts prophetess Deborah looking at military commander Barak, who would <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%204%3A4-16&amp;version=NIV">lead</a> the Israelite troops to victory over Canaanite general Sisera. Another panel shows Sisera seated, while a third shows a deceased Sisera bleeding from the head. According to the biblical account, Sisera fled after the battle and took refuge in the tent of Jael, who deluded the official into a false sense of security and drove a <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%204%3A17-22&amp;version=NIV">tent peg</a> through his temple while he slept.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The excavations at Huqoq have now turned up the first known mosaic (late 4th-5thCE ) depictions of Deborah and Jael &#8220;as described in the book of Judges.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/IrLQj6hGao">https://t.co/IrLQj6hGao</a></p>
<p>[Photos: Israelite commander Barak; fox eating grapes Photos by: Jim Haberman] <a href="https://t.co/Ev16R74Ndz">pic.twitter.com/Ev16R74Ndz</a></p>
<p>— Dr. Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahEBond/status/1546092851678830593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>“This is the first depiction of this episode and the first time we’ve seen a depiction of the biblical heroines Deborah and Jael in ancient Jewish art,” Magness said. “We can see how the story might have had special resonance for the Jewish community at Huqoq, as it is described as taking place in the same geographical region — the territory of the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulon.”</p>
<p>According to the University of North Carolina, researchers first discovered mosaics at the site in 2012. Other mosaics show Samson <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2015%3A4-5&amp;version=NIV">using</a> captured foxes to burn down the Philistines’ crops, Samson <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2016%3A3&amp;version=NIV">carrying</a> the gate of Gaza upon his shoulders, as well as depictions of Moses, Noah&#8217;s ark, and the construction of the tower of Babel.</p>
<p>The period of the judges marked a chaotic time in the history of Israel, during which the people of God oscillated between faithful worship and idolatry. As the last verse in the book of Judges <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2021%3A25&amp;version=NIV">summarizes</a>: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.&#8221; The book has been applied in the present day to comment on the dangers of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/macarthur-losing-our-religion">postmodernism</a> and the crisis of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/traditional-masculinity-isnt-the-problem-the-attempt-to-dismantle-traditional-masculinity-is-the-problem">masculinity</a>.</p>
<p>Last year, archaeologists <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biblical-find-fragment-may-be-named-for-famed-biblical-warrior-gideon">discovered</a> a fragment of a clay pot that dates back to the era of the judges. The fragment, which is 3,100 years old, included an inscription with the word “Jerubbaal” — a name for Gideon, the judge who <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%206%3A19-27&amp;version=NIV">led</a> an army of 300 men to defeat the Midianite army.</p>
<p>Also last year, archaeologists <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/archaeologists-announce-discovery-of-new-dead-sea-scroll-fragments-near-jerusalem">discovered</a> roughly 80 new Dead Sea Scroll fragments containing portions of biblical manuscripts — the first to be found in the desert south of Jerusalem in six decades. Experts were able to decipher 16 lines from the <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah%208%3A16-17&amp;version=NIV">book</a> of Zechariah: “These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the LORD.”</p>
<p>The archaeologists also found coins from approximately 2,000 years ago, a skeleton of a mummified child dated at 6,000 years old, and what could be the oldest surviving basket in the world.</p>

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