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Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300–800 C.E.: Living on the Edge

By Steven H Werlin

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2015
ISBN
9004298398, 9789004298392
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19820908 bytes)
Series
Brill Reference Library of Judaism
Pages
361\529
Time added
2018-03-10 06:28:51
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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.

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