SIGNED TWICE BY EDITOR DAN URMAN - signed dedication on both volumes. RARE TWO VOLUME SET of 20 studies from Israeli, British and American scholars on various aspects of ancient synagogues in five sections: origins and development, synagogues and settlements, synagogue`s nature and the Jewish community, public structures and Jewish communities in the Golan Heights, and the synagogue`s internal aesthetics. Authors of the studies are J.G. Griffiths, P.V.M. Flesher, A. Oppenheimer, D.E. Groh, Y. Tsafrir, G. Foester, A.T. Kraabel, D. Amit, S. Dar & Y. Mintzker, Z. Gal, D. Urman, Z. Safrai, A. Kasher, I.Gafni, Z.Ilan, R. Reich, A. Ovadiah, J.R. Branham. Both volumes contain numerous illustrations, maps and figures. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x165mm. XLIX+677 pages (pagination: XXXVII+298/XII+299-677). Blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket rubbed. Jacket upper edge slightly bumped/wrinkled. Editor`s signed dedications on title page. [SUMMARY]: This rare 2 volume set, extremely valuable for Judaica scholars, is in very good condition.