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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797587403321

Autore

Werlin Steven H.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29840-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

726/.3095694

Soggetti

Synagogue architecture - Palestine

Synagogues - Palestine - History

Palestine Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.