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| Title: The "Third Wall" in Jerusalem and the "Cave of the Kings'' (Josephus War V 147) Secondary Title: Levant Volume: 18 Pages: 121-129 Type: Journal Article Year: 1986 Abstract: "Argues against identifying the "Third Wall" of Josephus with the present northern wall of the Old City in favour of the line of fortification 450 metres further north, using the location of the "Monument of Helena" and the "Tomb of the Kings" as keys to this identification".
"The Third Wall of Josephus is to be identified with the line of fortifications 450 m north of the present northern wall of the Old City. The caves of the kings mentioned by Josephus in locating the wall are those in the monastery of St. Etienne, not the Cave of Zedekiah along the line of the present Old City Wall".
"It is almost certain that the line of the present northern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem cannot be identified with the "third wall" described by Josephus (War 5:147). The locations of the Monument of Queen Helena and the Tomb of the Kings indicate that the third wall ran between these tow burial monuments, north of the present wall". - D.J.H.
"Confirmation de l'identification du "troisième mur" de Jérusalem proposée par Robinson-Sukenik-Mayer. K. identifie des hypogées du couvent de St. Etienne comme les tombeaux des Rois (spelaion bassilikon de Joséphe). Le "troisième mur" serait passé entre ces tombeaux et les monuments d'Hélène, la reine d'Adiabène". Keywords: Archaeology, topography, local and regional history |