Nearly two thousand years ago, a Judean woman hiding from Roman soldiers buried her most precious legal documents in a cave. Discovered by an Israeli archaeologist, Babatha's archive reveals a vivid portrait of the life of a second-century woman.For past PaleoJudaica posts on the Bar Kokhba Revolt and the scrolls discovered in the Judean Desert which date to that approximate period, see here and links. These include links to posts on Babatha and her archive, not least Philip Esler's recent book, Babatha's Orchard.
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