A Byzantine Burial Cave in the vicinity of Shepherds' Field

Sh. Batz

doi:10.1484/J.LA.2.303579

ISSN: 0081-8933
E-ISSN: 2507-0428

A Byzantine Burial Cave in the vicinity of Shepherds' Field
By: Sh. Batz
Publisher: Brepols
Publication: Liber Annuus, Volume 53, Issue 1, Jan 2003, p. 325 - 334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.LA.2.303579

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Abstract

A Byzantine burial cave was unearthed in the vicinity of Shepherdsʼ Field, the traditional place where angels announced the birth of Christ to the shepherds (Luke 2:8-11). The area is rich with monasteries from the Byzantine period. The present paper describes the cave and findings, and suggests that the tomb may have belonged to a monastic community.

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