The Ancient Synagogue
Subtitle: The First Thousand Years, Second Edition
Edition: 2New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 24, 2005
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 816
ISBN-13: 9780300106282
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Jewish Studies; Judaism; Religious communities & monasticism; Social history; Social Science; Religion - Judaism; Sociology; ASIA; General; Judaism - History; Religion / Judaism / History
First sentence: The synagogue, one of the unique and innovative institutions of antiquity, was central to Judaism and left indelible marks on Christianity and Islam as well.1
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: The historical development of the synagogue (the second temple period); title: Origins; title: Pre-70 Judaea; title: The pre-70 diaspora; title: The second temple synagogue; title: its role and functions; title: (Late antiquity), Late Roman Palestine (70-Fourth century C.E.); title: Byzantine Palestine; title: Diaspora synagogues; title: Part II: The synagogue as an institution; title: The building; title: The communal dimension; title: Leadership; title: The patriarch (Nasi) and the synagogue; title: The sages and the synagogue; title: Women in the synagogue; title: Priests; title: Liturgy; title: Iconography : the limits of interpretation; title: Diachronic and synchronic dimensions; title: the synagogue in context; title: Epilogue