Author: FLESHER, Paul V. M., and URMAN, Dan (eds.)
Title: Ancient Synagogues. Historical analysis and archaeological discovery. Volume 2. (Studia Post Biblica, Vol. 47/2)
Description: Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1995. XIV, 302-677 pp. + plates Very good copy, clean, no traces of use. Hardcover with dustjacket. The origins of the synagogue remain shrouded in mystery and its development in its early centuries is only slightly better understood. Essays from Israeli, British and American scholars to explore the development of the ancient synagogue. Combining original articles with the best of earlier studies - including nine articles translated from Hebrew for the first time - this collection presents a critical picture of the early synagogue and the scholarly discussions surrounding it. This book focuses on two central questions. First, what were the origins of the earliest synagogues, and where did they achieve the greatest growth in the early centuries? Second, what role did the early synagogue play within the Jewish community? ISBN: 9789004102439

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