ISBN:
9789004298408
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 501 pages)
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2015
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of Judaism volume 47
Series Statement:
Brill Biblical studies, Ancient Near East and early Christianity e-books online collection 2015
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
The Brill reference library of ancient Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E.: Living on the Edge
Keywords:
Synagogue architecture
;
Antiquities
;
Synagogue architecture
;
Synagogues
;
History
;
Palestine Antiquities
;
Middle East ; Palestine
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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 demographic center of Jewish Palestine was in Galilee, archaeological evidence of Jewish communities is found in the southern part of the country as well. In The Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E. , Steve Werlin considers ten synagogues uncovered in southern Palestine. Through an in-depth analysis of the art, architecture, epigraphy, and stratigraphy, the author demonstrates how monumental, religious structures provide critical insight into the lives of those who were strangers among Christians and Muslims in their ancestral homeland
DOI:
10.1163/9789004298408
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