A 1900-year court case
Posted on: Sunday, February 9th, 2025
A 1,900-year-old papyrus (the longest ever found in the Judean desert) recently deciphered for the first time reveals a Roman trial of two Jews (Saulos and Gedalias) in the land of Israel on the eve of the Bar Kochba revolt (132-135 CE). Saulos may have been a “rebel”, trying to redeem Jewish slaves.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fraud-forgery-and-sedition-1900-year-old-papyrus-records-roman-trial-against-jews/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/roman-era-papyrus-unveils-tax-evasion-and-slave-trade-scam/2025/01/29/
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