Ancient synagogue seating capacities : methodology, analysis and limits / Chad S. Spigel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spigel, Chad S.

Series:

Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism - Band 149

Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum, 0721-8753 ; 149

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Synagogue seating.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2012.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung After the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, the primary form of Jewish worship in Palestine shifted from offering sacrifices in Jerusalem to non-sacrificial forms of worship in local synagogue buildings. While the literary and archaeological evidence from the first few centuries CE makes this shift clear, the evidence is less clear about the extent of synagogue worship at this time. In other words, the evidence doesn't explicitly tell us whether most Jews in late-antique Palestine actually participated in synagogue worship. In this book, Chad Spigel sugg

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Abbreviations, Versions, Translations and Place Names; Chapter 1: Introduction; A Method for Determining the Extent of Ancient Synagogue Worship; Seating Capacities in Recent Scholarship; Synagogue Seating Capacities: The Goals of this Book; Methodological Approach to the Study of Ancient Synagogues; An Exercise in Ancient Demography; Outline of Chapters; Chapter 2: The Seating Capacity Methodology: Defining Ancient Synagogue Worship; Defining Synagogue Worship; Synagogue Worship Activities; Scriptural Readings and Targumim; Preaching; Prayers and Blessings

ProstrationGiving and Receiving Charity; Festival Worship; Unknown Worship Activities; Synagogue Furnishings and their Relationships to Worship Activities; Seating Furniture: Benches, Chairs, Floor Seating; Raised Platforms and Tables; Storage: Niches, Aediculae and Arks; Balconies; Partitions and Chancel Screens; Chapter 3: The Seating Capacity Methodology: Coefficients; Anthropometrics and Seating Capacities; The Coefficients; Rule-of-Thumb General Coefficient; Permanent Stone Benches; Portable Benches; Shallow Tiered Benches; Individual Chairs; Floor Seating; Standing

Applying the CoefficientsDetermining Orientations; Empty Space around Architectural Features; Area for Worship Activities and Leaders; Choosing Seating Plans and Methods; Tables; Chapter 4: Case Study: Applying the Methodology to a Single Synagogue; Introduction; Case Study: Gamla; The Building; Worship Activities and Orientation; Calculating Seating Capacities; Demographic Data; Analysis; Chapter 5: Case Study: Applying the Methodology to Contemporaneous Synagogues in Tetracomia; Introduction; Nabratein; The Building; Worship Activities and Orientation; Calculating Seating Capacities

Demographic DataAnalysis; Khirbet Shema& ; The Building; Worship Activities and Orientation; Calculating Seating Capacities; Demographic Data; Analysis; Meiron; The Building; Worship Activities and Orientation; Calculating Seating Capacities; Demographic Data; Analysis; Gush Hạlav; The Building; Worship Activities and Orientation; Calculating Seating Capacities; Demographic Data; Analysis; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Catalog of Seating Capacities for Synagogues in Ancient Palestine; Introduction; Arbel; Assaliyeh; Bar& am (Central Synagogue); Bar& am (North Synagogue); Beth Alpha

Beth She a̓n Kyrios Leontis (Scythopolis)Beth She a̓n North (Scythopolis); Beth She& arim; Beth Yerah ̣(Khirbet el-Kerak; Philoteria); Caesarea; Capernaum; Chorazin; Dabiyye; Deir & Aziz; ed-Dikkeh; & En Nashut;̣ el-Khirbe; En-Gedi; Eshtemoa; Gamla; Gaza (Aza); Gush Hạlav; Hạmmat Gader; Hammath-Tiberias (Severos, Stratum II); Hammath-Tiberias (Stratum I); Hammath-Tiberias North; Họrvat & Ammudim; Họrvat & Anim; Họrvat Kanaf; Họrvat Ma& on (in Judea); Họrvat Natur; Họrvat Rimmon; Khirbet Shema& ; Họrvat Sumaqa; Hụsifah (& Isfiya); Japhia; Jericho; Kefar Hạnanya; Kafr Misṛ; Khirbet Samara; Ma& on (Nirim)

Ma& oz Hạyyim

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Druckversion

ISBN:

1-283-60241-5

9786613914866

3-16-152279-6

OCLC:

811507112