Synagogues in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Archaeological Finds, New Methods, New Theories. Edited by Lutz Doering and Andrew R. Krause. In co-operation with Hermut Löhr.

The study of ancient Judaism has enjoyed a steep rise in interest and publications in recent decades, although the focus has often been on the ideas and beliefs represented in ancient Jewish texts rather than on the daily lives and the material culture of Jews/Judaeans and their communities. The nascent institution of the synagogue formed an increasingly important venue for communal gathering and daily or weekly practice. This collection of 17 essays brings together a broad spectrum of new archaeological and textual data with various emergent theories and interpretative methods in order to address the need to understand the place of the synagogue in the daily and weekly procedures, community frameworks, and theological structures in which Judaeans, Galileans, and Jewish people in the Diaspora lived and gathered. The interdisciplinary studies will be of great significance for anyone studying ancient Jewish belief, practice, and community formation. With contributions by Hermut Löhr, Lutz Doering, Andrew R. Krause, Zeev Weiss, Uzi Leibner, Mechael Osband, Benjamin Arubas, Monika Trümper, Judith H. Newman, Jordan Ryan, Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer, Ruth Langer, Clemens Leonhard, Kimberley Czajkowski, Benedikt Eckhardt, Markus Öhler and Katrin Kogman-Appel. 432 Seiten mit 55 Farbabb., gebunden (Ioudaioi. Schriften des Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum; Vol. 11/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2020) Einband mit minimalen Kratzern, leicht beschabt