This book brings together leading experts in the field of ancient-synagogue studies to discuss the current issues and emerging trends in the study of synagogues in ancient Palestine. Divided into four thematic units, the different contributions apply archaeological, textual, historical and art historical methodologies to questions related to ancient synagogues. Part One addresses issues related to the origins and early development of synagogues up to 200 CE. The contributions provide different explanations to the alleged lack of evidence for synagogues built in the second and third centuries CE and ask how much continuity or change there is between the late Second Temple and late Roman/early Byzantine synagogues. Part Two deals with architecture and dating of ancient synagogues. It gives an overview of all synagogues found so far, approaches the dating of Galilean synagogues in the light of the recently-exposed synagogue at Huqoq, and provides a stylistic re-evaluation of the Capernaum synagogue decoration.
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Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and Greece
Most follow the Greco-Roman basilica as the basic architectural form. This book examines the adaptations made of this basic form because of the different patterns of worship in Judaism and Christianity.
'The Synagogue Mosaic,' in Sepphoris in Galilee (Martin Nagy, R., Meyers, C., Meyers, E. and Weiss, Z. ed.), Winona Lake, Indiana, 133-139. Weiss, Z. and Netzer, E., 1996b. Promise and Redemption: A Synagogue Mosaic from Sepphoris ...
This commanding book provides an in-depth and comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period to the end of late antiquity.
This book brings together over twenty essays from Israeli, British, and American scholars to explore the development of the ancient synagogue.
Ancient Synagogues Revealed
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Ancient Synagogues in Israel: Third-seventh Century C.E. : Proceedings of Symposium, University of Hafia (i.e. Haifa), May 1987
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