| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 796 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: The Historical Development of the Synagogue -- The Second Temple Period -- 2. Origins -- 3. Pre-70 Judaea -- 4. The Pre-70 Diaspora -- 5. The Second Temple Synagogue -- Its Role and Functions -- Late Antiquity -- 6. Late Roman Palestine (70 -- Fourth Century C.E.) -- 7. Byzantine Palestine -- 8. Diaspora Synagogues -- Part II: The Synagogue As An Institution -- 9. The Building -- 10. The Communal Dimension -- 11. Leadership |
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12. The Patriarch (Nasi) and the Synagogue13. The Sage and the Synagogue -- 14. Women in the Synagogue -- 15. Priests -- 16. Liturgy -- 17. Iconography: The Limits of Interpretation -- 18. Diachronic and Synchronic Dimensions -- The Synagogue in Context -- 19., Epilogue -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Source Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
The synagogue was one of the most central and revolutionary institutions of ancient Judaism, leaving an indelible mark on Christianity and Islam as well. This commanding book provides an in-depth and comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period to the end of late antiquity. Drawing exhaustively on archeological evidence and on such literary sources as rabbinic material, the New Testament, Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, and Christian and pagan works, Lee Levine traces the development of the synagogue from what was essentially a communal institution to one which came to embody a distinctively religious profile. Exploring its history in the Greco-Roman and Byzantine periods in both Palestine and the Diaspora, he describes the synagogues basic features: its physical remains; its role in the community; its leadership; the roles of rabbis, Patriarchs, women, and priests in its operation; its liturgy; and its art. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic of a dynamic institution that succeeded in integrating patterns of social and religious behavior from the contemporary non-Jewish society while maintaining a distinctively Jewish character |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 649-730) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Synagogues -- History -- To 1500
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Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.
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Synagogues -- History
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Judaism -- Post-exilic period (Judaism)
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Judaism -- Talmudic period
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Synagogues
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300129007 |
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0300129009 |
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1281729337 |
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9781281729330 |
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9786611729332 |
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661172933X |
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