The Synagogue (c. 70-7th Century CE)

From CojsWiki

1. From Text to Tradition
   1. From Temple to Synagogue
2. Historical surveys
   1. Steven Fine. Synagogues in the Land of Israel. Near Eastern Archaeology: A Reader. Ed. Suzanne Richard. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003.
3. Primary sources
   1. The Theodotus Inscription in Jerusalem: The Functions of the Synagogue
   2. The Inscription in the Ein Gedi Synagogue: The “Secret of the Town”
   3. Corinth: A Synagogue
   4. Rome: An Archisynagogue
   5. Beth Alpha Synagogue: A “Rabbi”
4. Secondary sources
   1. Steven Fine. “Did the Synagogue Replace the Temple?” Bible Review 12, 2 (1996).
   2. Steven Fine. “From Meeting House to Sacred Realm: Holiness and the Ancient Synagogue.” Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World. Ed. Steven Fine. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
   3. Lee I. Levine. “The Second Temple Synagogue: The Formative Years.” The Synagogue in Late Antiquity. Ed. Lee I. Levine. Philadelphia: American School of Oriental Research, 1987.
5. Images
   1. Dedicatory inscription of a synagogue in Greek, Jerusalem: “Theodotus son of Vettenos the Priest and synagogue leader son of a synagogue leader and grandson of a synagogue leader.”
   2. The Gamla synagogue, 1st century BCE.
   3. Aerial view of the Masada synagogue, 66-74 CE.
   4. Interior of the Masada synagogue, 66-74 CE.
   5. The Herodium synagogue, 1st century CE.
   6. Interior of the Capernaum synagogue 4th-6th centuries CE.
   7. The Kefar Baram synagogue, 4th-6th centuries CE.
   8. Interior of the Kefar Baram synagogue, 4th-6th centuries CE.
   9. Mosaic from the synagogue of Severos, Hammath Tiberias, 4-5th centuries CE.
   10. Detail of mosaic from the synagogue of Severos, Hammath Tiberias 4th-5th centuries CE.
   11. Limestone menorah from a synagogue in Hammath Tiberias, 4-6th centuries CE.
   12. The Ein Gedi synagogue, 5th-7th centuries CE.
   13. Mosaic portraying birds in the Ein Gedi synagogue, 5th-7th centuries CE.
   14. The Ein Gedi synagogue inscription, warning to the community not to cause dissention by relating information to gentiles, 5th-7th centuries CE.
   15. Diagram of the Beth Alpha synagogue, 6th century.
   16. The Beth Alpha synagogue, 6th century CE.
   17. The Beth Alpha synagogue zodiac mosaic, 6th century CE.
6. Videos
   1. Steven Fine: Ancient Synagogues