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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werlin, Steven H., author.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 47.

The Brill reference library to Judaism, 1571-5000 ; volume 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synagogue architecture--Palestine.

Synagogue architecture.

Synagogues--Palestine--History.

Synagogues.

Palestine--Antiquities.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-29840-1

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004298408 DOI