Once Marginal Figures in Israel’s Story, Religious Zionists Have Moved to Center Stage
Yet they are now pulled in two opposing directions.
October 20, 2026
Installing memory into the topography.
In the times of the Second Temple, anyone who walked along the roads leading to and from Jerusalem would pass by tombs carved into the rocks, where local Jews had buried their dead. Archaeologists have identified many such structures, whose presence is also mentioned in the Talmud and in the Gospel of Matthew. Boaz Zissu and Omri Yitzhak Abadi examine the significance of these tombs and their placement:
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Installing memory into the topography.
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In the times of the Second Temple, anyone who walked along the roads leading to and from Jerusalem would pass by tombs carved into the rocks, where local Jews had buried their dead. Archaeologists have identified many such structures, whose presence is also mentioned in the Talmud and in the Gospel of Matthew. Boaz Zissu and Omri Yitzhak Abadi examine the significance of these tombs and their placement:
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