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My students at work. Photo: Nachliel Selavan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This article is intended to share the sort of work I did with my 5-7th grade students in New Jersey. It combines art, archaeology, grammar, Bible Studies and Jewish History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to begin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it’s best to begin with the City of David<\/a>, since their motto is “Where it all began”. The Old City of Jerusalem is also my hometown, so I am always excited to share experiences about the special place I was privileged to grow up in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During several archaeological digs on the site, several dozen bullae have been unearthed in what must have been an administrative structure. Bullae are clay impressions of seals, which would typically enclose a document. The significance of these seals is tremendous: They are all from the period of the First Temple in Jerusalem, and several of them have names which correspond to biblical figures who were instrumental to the saga of the pending destruction of Jerusalem. One of these can be seen in this video (subtitles included):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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