Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery [TWO VOLUME SET].  
  [SERIES]: Studia Post-Biblica - Volume 47, 1 & Volume 47, 2.  

 
Author Urman, Dan; Flesher, Paul V. M. [Eds.] / Ovadia, A.; Branham, J. R.; Flesher, Paul V. M.; Urman, D.
Place of Publication Leiden / New York / Köln
Publication Name E. J. Brill
Year 1995
Language(s) English
Description
TWO VOLUME SET. RARE collection of 23 studies by Israeli, British and American scholars on various aspects of ancient synagogues in six sections. VOLUME 1 contains the first four sections: I. On the origins of ancient synagogues - by J.G.Griffiths, L.L.Grabbe, P.V.M.Flesher, A.Oppenheimer; II. The development of ancient Synagogues - by D.E.Groh, Y.Tsafrir, G.Foerster, A.T.Kraabe; III. Synagogues and settlements - reports and analysis - by D.Amit, S.Dar & Y.Mintzker, Z.Gal, D.Urman; IV. The synagogue`s nature and the Jewish community - by Z.Safrai, A.Kasher, I.Gafni, D.Urman, Z.Ilan, R.Reich. VOLUME 2 contains the fifth section on synagogue`s internal aesthetics by A.Ovadia, J.R.Branham, P.V.M.Flesher, and an extensive sixth section on Public Structures and Jewish Communities in the Golan Heights (Preface, Jews in the Golan, Map of Jewish Communities in the Golan, The Upper Golan, The Lower Golan, The District of Susita, The Golan Jewish Public Structure: Typology and Chronology) by the editor - Dan Urman (1945-2004) of Ben-Gurion University`s Departments of Jewish History and of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies who directed numerous surveys and excavations in Israel, and has published books on the Golan and the Shephelah in the Roman and Byzantine periods. Volume 1 contains 21 figures. Volume 2 contains lists of figures for both sections and 28 b&w figures (including a map of Jewish communities in the Golan during the Roman and/or Byzantine Period by Linda Marston), 107 b&w plates, abbreviations and bibliography, general index and list of plates. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x165mm. XXXVIII+677 pages (pagination: XXXVIII+297/XII+298-677). Light-blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket rubbed. [SUMMARY]:Both volumes in very good condition.
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