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Elephantine Papyri

Elephantine Papyri. Where is Elephantine? Modern Elephantine hotel. This Jewish community was founded in 650BCE during reign of Menashe to assist Pharoah Elephantine was then called Yeb These papyri describe the community from 495-399 BCE

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Elephantine Papyri

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  1. Elephantine Papyri

  2. Where is Elephantine? Modern Elephantine hotel

  3. This Jewish community was founded in 650BCE during reign of Menashe to assist Pharoah • Elephantine was then called Yeb • These papyri describe the community from 495-399 BCE • The community ceased to exist in the middle of the 4th cent. BCE

  4. Excavations at Elephantine

  5. Reconstruction of Jewish Temple at Elephantine

  6. 408 BCE. Yedoniah's copy of his letter to Bagoas, Governor of Samaria & Judah, requesting the order to be given to rebuild the Temple of YHW in Elephantine.

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