Evolution of the Synagogue Problems and Progress,9781563382963

Evolution of the Synagogue Problems and Progress

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ISBN13: 9781563382963
ISBN10: 1563382962
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Summary

Studies about rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity that investigate the literary and archaeological evidence by which the evolution of the synagogue can be traced.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Howard Clark Kee
Part One THE ORIGINS OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
Defining the First-Century C.E. Synagogue: Problems and Progress
7(20)
Howard Clark Kee
Ancient Texts, Archaeology as Text, and the Problem of the First-Century Synagogue
27(19)
James F. Strange
Synagogues in Galilee and the Gospels
46(27)
Richard A. Horsley
Part Two THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE DIASPORA
The Synagogue of Dura-Europos: A Critical Analysis
73(16)
Joseph Gutmann
Were Pharisees and Rabbis the Leaders of Communal Prayer and Torah Study in Antiquity? The Evidence of the New Testament, Josephus, and the Early Church Fathers
89(17)
Shaye J. D. Cohen
The Jewish Community of Ancient Sardis: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
106(17)
Marianne Bonz
Melito's Peri Pascha: Its Relationship to Judaism and Sardis in Recent Scholarly Discussion
123(18)
Lynn H. Cohick
Jews, Slaves, and the Synagogue on the Black Sea: The Bosporan Manumission Inscriptions and Their Significance for Diaspora Judaism
141(17)
J. Andrew Overman
Jews and Christians at Ancient Chersonesus: The Transformation of Jewish Public Space
158(17)
Douglas R. Edwards
Selected Bibliography on the Synagogue and Related Themes 175(2)
Index of Ancient Texts 177(3)
General Index 180

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