Ancient Synagogues in Palestine 2022
A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures
Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology; 2022;
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Product details:
- Publisher The British Academy
- Date of Publication 7 March 2024
- ISBN 9780197267653
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages128 pages
- Size 240x162x5 mm
- Weight 340 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 25 b/w images, 1 colour image, 1 table 526
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Short description:
Nearly a century has passed since Eleazar Lipa Sukenik delivered the Schweich Lectures on ancient synagogues in Palestine and Greece, establishing a typology and chronology of synagogue buildings in Palestine that have remained tremendously influential. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine reconsiders his conclusions in light of new discoveries.
Long description:
Dozens of ancient synagogues have been discovered around the Mediterranean, most of which date to the fourth-sixth centuries CE and are concentrated in Palestine. In the 1930 Schweich Lectures, Eleazar Lipa Sukenik established a typology and chronology for these buildings. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine evaluates Sukenik's conclusions in light of new discoveries since his time. It opens with an overview of ancient synagogues in the region, followed by a survey of the historiography of the study of these buildings, highlighting its ideological roots in the early Zionist movement. In the final chapters, Magness examines the evidence for the dating of the synagogues at Khirbet Wadi Hamam and Capernaum, arguing that different synagogue types overlapped and were contemporary to the fourth-sixth centuries CE instead of being sequential, as Sukenik thought. This conclusion contradicts a widely accepted view that late antique Jewish communities in Palestine suffered and declined under supposedly oppressive Christian rule.
MoreTable of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1: Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: An Overview
- 2: The History and Historiography of Archaeological Research on Ancient Synagogues in Palestine and the Chronology of the Galilean Type
- 3: The Date of the Khirbet Wadi Hamam Synagogue(s): An Analysis
- 4: Capernaum
- Endnotes
- References (Works Cited)
- Index
