November 08, 1991 • Page Image 45
…stallations in their basements, all the more remarkable considering the shortage of water in the area. We find ritual baths as well as luxurious bathrooms paved with exquisite mosaics. This preoccupation with Jewish requirement for ritual purity, combined with the presence of more sybaritic bathrooms, lead scholars to believe that the mansions belong to the high priests of the Temple. This belief is reinforced by the proximity of the quarter t...…

















































