Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E. : living on the edge /

Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E. : living on the edge /

Following the failure of the Bar-Kokhba revolt in the second century, the majority of the Jewish population of Palestine migrated northward away from Jerusalem to join the communities of Jews in Galilee and the Golan Heights. Although rabbinic sources indicate that from the second century onward the...

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Main Author: Werlin, Steven H.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2015.

Series: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 47.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287389.

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Synagogue architecture > Palestine.
Antiquities.
Synagogue architecture.
Synagogues.
Palestine > Antiquities.
Middle East > Palestine.
History.

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Call Number: NA5977 .W47 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Lower Jordan Valley: Na'aran and Jericho
  • 2 The Dead Sea Region: En-Gedi
  • 3 The Southern Hebron Hills: Susiya, Eshtemoa, Ma'on (in Judea), and Ḥ. 'Anim
  • 4 The Judean Shephelah: Rimmon
  • 5 The Southern Coastal Plain: Gaza Maiumas and Ma'on-Nirim
  • 6 Conclusions
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates.