Four Greek inscriptions of the 5th and early 7th century CE
from the synagogues of Ascalon (nos. 2321-24)
In the area also referred to as Eretz-Yisrael? The Land of Israel. The territory of the Jewish national home?
Hundreds of years after the failed revolt against Rome and after centuries of Byzantine rule?
And there is this, a
bronze inscription...proclaiming privileges for the local Jews that Julius Caesar decreed in 44 BCE
This then must really be the land of the Jews with a continuous presence even after loss of political power and sovereginty.
And that the Arab denial of our presence, our religious and cultural attachment must be false.