Excavations at the site of Huqoq in northern Israel continue to amaze with the discovery of the earliest known depiction of Deborah the Judge. Uncovered by a team led by archaeologists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a section of the expansive Huqoq synagogue mosaic depicts the victory of the Israelites over the Canaanite general Sisera (Judges 4), in which the Kenite woman Jael kills Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head. The Huqoq mosaics, which cover the entire floor of an ancient Galilean synagogue, date to the late fourth or early fifth century […]
