Excavations At The Ancient Synagogue Of Gush Halav
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| Author | : Eric M. Meyers |
| Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780931464591 |
During 1977 and 1978 the Meiron Excavation Project moved north from its excavations at Khirbet Shema and Meiron, excavating at the site of the synagogue at Gush Halav. With only very limited areas available for excavation, the team nevertheless was able to extract significant information for the history of Galilean synagogues. The synagogue here had a unique form, with spatial elements that have few if any parallels elsewhere. This publication will thus be of great importance for the history of Galilee in the first millennium C.E. and for the development of synagogue architecture and its relationship to the culture of the region in general.
| Author | : Lee I. Levine |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 816 |
| Release | : 2000-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300074751 |
Annotation The synagogue was one of the most central and revolutionary institutions of ancient Judaism leaving an indelible mark on Christianity and Islam as well. This commanding book provides an in-depth and comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period to the end of late antiquity. Drawing exhaustively on archeological evidence and on such literary sources as rabbinic material, the New Testament, Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, and Christian and pagan works, Lee Levine traces the development of the synagogue from what was essentially a communal institution to one which came to embody a distinctively religious profile. Exploring its history in the Greco-Roman and Byzantine periods in both Palestine and the Diaspora, he describes the synagogue's basic features: its physical remains; its role in the community; its leadership; the roles of rabbis, Patriarchs, women, and priests in its operation; its liturgy; and its art. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic of a dynamic institution that succeeded in integrating patterns of social and religious behavior from the contemporary non-Jewish society while maintaining a distinctively Jewish character.
| Author | : Chad S. Spigel |
| Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9783161518799 |
Revised and expanded thesis (Ph.D.) - Duke University, Durham, NC, 2008.
| Author | : Rachel Hachlili |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 772 |
| Release | : 2013-09-30 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9004257721 |
Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art. New Discoveries and Current Research presents archaeological evidence - the architecture, art, Jewish symbols, zodiac, biblical tales, inscriptions, and coins – which attest to the importance of the synagogue. When considered as a whole, all these pieces of evidence confirm the centrality of the synagogue institution in the life of the Jewish communities all through Israel and in the Diaspora. Most importantly, the synagogue and its art and architecture played a powerful role in the preservation of the fundamental beliefs, customs, and traditions of the Jewish people following the destruction of the Second Temple and the loss of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel. The book also includes a supplement of the report on the Qazion excavation.
| Author | : David William Milson |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 608 |
| Release | : 2006-12-31 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9047418719 |
This study examines the material evidence for synagogues and churches in the Holy Land from the age of Constantine in the fourth century CE to the Arab conquest of the eastern provinces in the seventh century CE. Whereas scholars once viewed the growth of the Byzantine empire as time of persecution, a re-evaluation of the archaeological evidence indicates that Jews prospered along with their Christian neighbours. What influence did Christian art and architecture have on ancient synagogues? In the sixth century, one-third of all known synagogues in Palestine bear features similar to early Byzantine churches: basilical layouts, mosaic floors, apses, and chancel screens. Focusing on these features sheds light on how Jewish communities met the challenges posed by the Church’s development into a major religious and political power. This book provides a critical analysis of the archaeological evidence as a basis for our better understanding of Jewish identity and community in late Antique Palestine.
| Author | : Rick Bonnie |
| Publisher | : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2020-12-14 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 3647522147 |
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. Part three examines leadership, power and daily life in late antique synagogue contexts, illustrating non-monumental inscriptions, amulets and dining in synagogue contexts as well as the role of individual benefactors. Section four contextualizes synagogue art. An overview of synagogue mosaics in late antique Palestine is complemented with reinterpretations of the mosaics two synagogues. The section also offers a discussion of the appearance of the menorah.
| Author | : Alan J. Avery-Peck |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2000-11-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9789004120006 |
What, in Judaism, is meant by "law" - is the fresh perspective in which this work is presented. The volume provides first an overview, followed by a systematic, critical account of the fading consensus. In a number of accounts, the different perspectives are presented in scholarly debate.
| Author | : Hayim Lapin |
| Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9783161475887 |
Hayim Lapin examines the economic geography of fourth-century Roman Galilee. Drawing on literary and archaeological material for the distribution of cities, villages, roads and other features of trade and marketing, and making use of the central-place theory, the author attempts to reconstruct models of the regional economy of northern Palestine, and to examine the degree of economic integration in the region. As a contribution to the historiography of Jews and Palestine in antiquity, Hayim Lapin argues that the economic, social and cultural landscape inhabited by residents of fourth-century Palestine was in many ways shaped by its Roman provincial administrative setting and political economy. Thus key aspects of the history of later Roman Palestine, and particularly of Jews, need to be reexamined.
| Author | : Steven Fine |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2005-10-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134673515 |
Explores the ways in which divergent ethnic, national and religious communities interacted with one another within the synagogue during the Greco-Roman period.
| Author | : Jonathan L. Reed |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2002-05-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781563383946 |
Drawing on his years of field experience in Galilee, the author illustrates how the archaeological record has been misused by New Testament scholars, and how synthesis of the material culture is foundational for understanding Christian origins in Galilee and the Jewish culture out of which they arose.
