Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Tel Aviv; Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University
Angaben zur Quelle:
46,1 (2019) 128-142
Keywords:
Synagogues
;
Tel Rumeida (Hebron, West Bank) Antiquities
;
Galilee, Lower (Israel) Antiquities
Abstract:
A Jewish farmstead dated to the 1st-2nd centuries CE was discovered during excavations at Tel Rekhesh in the Lower Galilee. In the centre of the western perimeter wall of the structure, a 9-m-square assembly room with an ashlar block bench along the walls was unearthed. It had an entrance in the north and two bases for pillars in the centre to support a flat roof. Given all these features, it has been suggested that the building was a rural synagogue. If correct, this building is one of a small group of synagogues in the Land of Israel that dates to the late Second Temple period. The proximity of Tel Rekhesh to Nazareth offers another perspective to this discovery-an association with Jesus and his ministry in the Galilee.
DOI:
10.1080/03344355.2019.1587227
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