イエスの時代のエルサレムの規模：どれくらいの大きさだったのか？

How big was Jerusalem when Jesus lived there? In the first century AD, Jerusalem was a city of modest size by modern standards, but of great importance in the ancient world. Historical and archaeological evidence suggests that the city proper covered an area of approximately 90 hectares, or about 220 acres. To put this in perspective, imagine a space roughly equivalent to 170 football fields. The city was enclosed by walls, as was common for ancient urban centers. These walls…