Ancient Synagogues (2 Vols) - Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery

This collection of over twenty essays brings together scholars from three continents to discuss the early synagogue. It addresses the questions of: When and where did the synagogue originate? What was its early distribution? What was its role in Judaism?

About the author

Dan Urman, Ph.D. (1979) New York University, is Senior Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University. He has directed numerous surveys and excavations in Israel, and has published books on the Golan and the Shephelah in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
Paul V.M. Flesher, Ph.D. (1988) Brown University, directs Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming. He has published on synagogues, targums, and early Rabbinic Judaism.

Product details

• Assisted by: Paul V M Flesher (Editor), Paul V. M. Flesher (Editor), Dan Urman (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.1998
• EAN: 9789004112544
• ISBN: 978-90-04-11254-4
• No. of pages: 678
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 245 mm x 49 mm
• Weight: 1488 g
• Series: Studia Post Biblica
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism