Angela
Elite member
- Messages
- 21,823
- Reaction score
- 12,329
- Points
- 113
- Ethnic group
- Italian
See:
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7436-1790227-israel-samaritan-winepress
He was quite the entrepreneur:
"Archaeological investigations ahead of construction work in central Israel uncovered a 1,600-year-old winepress and limestone quarries with depressions where grapes may have once grown, according to a report from The Times of Israel. Leah Di Segni of the Hebrew University translated a Greek inscription in the structure’s mosaic floor that reads, “Only God help the beautiful property of Master Adios, amen.” The title “master” indicates that Adios had attained high social standing, said Hagit Torge of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The researchers also suggest Adios was a Samaritan, since Samaritan culture flourished in the region during the fifth century A.D., and an ancient Samaritan synagogue has been discovered nearby at Tel Zur Natan. Adios is thought to have made his fortune selling wine from the Holy Land to Christians living in the Byzantine Empire. Torge suggests he may have lived on top of what is now Tel Zur Natan."
I wonder what "only God" meant? Same as the One God? No other gods even try to get involved?
Their origins are very interesting. While they claim to be the "originals", the Bible claims they are newcomers to the religion. If that were true, using them as proxies for ancient Israelites would be inaccurate. The "truth" might lie in the middle. Perhaps they were a blend of old and new, or just Israelites who didn't recognize the codification of the priests in Babylonia.
The only way we'll know is by comparing them to ancient samples.
Though often called a “breakaway” tribe from the ancient Israelites, the original Samaritans were possibly not native to Israel at all.
The Bible itself claims the Samaritans were moved from Iraq to Israel (to use today’s nomenclature) by the Assyrians. According to that account, the Samaritans came from Qutha and other cities in today’s Iraq in the eighth or seventh century B.C.E.:
“And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof”– 2 Kings 17:24.
“It was part of a population exchange,” says Torge. “They took the Israelites to Iraq and brought in Samaritans from Iraq to Israel.”
Why would the Assyrians swap the peoples? Because in their experience in conquering others, which was pretty vast, they had evidently realized it takes about half a century to establish your regime in a new country, Torge says.
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology...-lord-s-winepress-in-central-israel-1.6977809
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7436-1790227-israel-samaritan-winepress
He was quite the entrepreneur:
"Archaeological investigations ahead of construction work in central Israel uncovered a 1,600-year-old winepress and limestone quarries with depressions where grapes may have once grown, according to a report from The Times of Israel. Leah Di Segni of the Hebrew University translated a Greek inscription in the structure’s mosaic floor that reads, “Only God help the beautiful property of Master Adios, amen.” The title “master” indicates that Adios had attained high social standing, said Hagit Torge of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The researchers also suggest Adios was a Samaritan, since Samaritan culture flourished in the region during the fifth century A.D., and an ancient Samaritan synagogue has been discovered nearby at Tel Zur Natan. Adios is thought to have made his fortune selling wine from the Holy Land to Christians living in the Byzantine Empire. Torge suggests he may have lived on top of what is now Tel Zur Natan."
I wonder what "only God" meant? Same as the One God? No other gods even try to get involved?
Their origins are very interesting. While they claim to be the "originals", the Bible claims they are newcomers to the religion. If that were true, using them as proxies for ancient Israelites would be inaccurate. The "truth" might lie in the middle. Perhaps they were a blend of old and new, or just Israelites who didn't recognize the codification of the priests in Babylonia.
The only way we'll know is by comparing them to ancient samples.
Though often called a “breakaway” tribe from the ancient Israelites, the original Samaritans were possibly not native to Israel at all.
The Bible itself claims the Samaritans were moved from Iraq to Israel (to use today’s nomenclature) by the Assyrians. According to that account, the Samaritans came from Qutha and other cities in today’s Iraq in the eighth or seventh century B.C.E.:
“And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof”– 2 Kings 17:24.
“It was part of a population exchange,” says Torge. “They took the Israelites to Iraq and brought in Samaritans from Iraq to Israel.”
Why would the Assyrians swap the peoples? Because in their experience in conquering others, which was pretty vast, they had evidently realized it takes about half a century to establish your regime in a new country, Torge says.
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology...-lord-s-winepress-in-central-israel-1.6977809