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From the blog of Sara Krengel at The Times of Israel

>> limestone containers indicate that these were people following jewish purity laws. >> a jewish family would ideally use limestone vessels because limestone vessels did not contract or convey ritual purity as did other vessels like ceramics, so limestone was preferred for storing water, for cooking, for drinking and so on. >> could the family who owned these limestone vessels have been the family of jesus? mary and josephs piety is revealed in the gospel of luke in the only story in the new te...

>> the type of pottery associated with the house only came into use at the very turn of the first century bc and the first century ad. these are pieces of cooking pot, and in fact you can see on the outside evidence of charring where theyve been exposed to the flames of a fire. >> as well as helping to date the site precisely to the time of jesus, stoneware found here also provides the strongest evidence that this house was lived in by a pious jewish family. >> limestone containers indicate that...

Jewelry, and most important for dating the site, pottery. >> the type of pottery associated with the house only came into use at the very turn of the first century b.c. and the first century a.d. these are pieces of cooking pot, and in fact you can see on the outside evidence of charring where theyve been exposed to the flames of a fire. >> as well as helping to date the site precisely to the time of jesus, stoneware found here also provides the strongest evidence that this house was lived in by...

Dating the site, pottery. >> the type of pottery associated with the house only came into use at the very turn of the first century b.c. and the first century a.d.. these are pieces of cooking pot and, in fact, you can see on the outside evidence of charring where theyve been exposed to the flames of a fire. >> narrator: as well as helping to date the site precisely to the time of jesus, stoneware found here also provides the strongest evidence that this house was lived in by a pious jewish fami...

Dating the site, pottery. >> the type of pottery associated with the house only came into use at the very turn of the first century b.c. and the first century a.d. these are pieces of cooking pot, and in fact, you can see on the outside evidence of charring where theyve been exposed to the flames of a fire. >> as well as helping to date the site precisely to the time of jesus, stoneware found here also provides the strongest evidence that this house was lived in by a jewish family. >> limestone ...

Use limestone vessels because limestone vessels did not contract or convey ritual purity like ceramic. limestone was preferred for storing water, for cooking, for drinking, and so on. >> could the family who owned these limestone vessels have been the family of jesus? mary and josephs piety is revealed in the gospel of luke in the only story in the new testament of jesus childhood. >> now his parents went to jerusalem every year for the feast of the passover. and when he became 12, they went up ...

Among the finds, spinning gear, jewelry, and most important for dating the site, pottery. >> the type of pottery associated with the house only came into use at the very turn of the first century b.c. and the first century a.d. these are pieces of cooking pot, and in fact, you can see on the outside evidence of charring where theyve been exposed to the flames of a fire. >> as well as helping to date the site precisely to the time of jesus, stoneware found here also provides the strongest evidenc...