The Ancient Synagogue from its Origins to 200 C.E.

A Source Book
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16116-0
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 72, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 674 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

Despite the recent explosion of research on ancient synagogues, investigators in the field have hitherto been forced to cull relevant evidence from a vast assortment of scholarly publications. This volume gathers for the first time all of the primary source material on the early synagogues up through the Second Century C. E. In the case of literary, epigraphic and papyrological evidence, catalog entries contain the texts in their original language and in English translation. For archaeological remains, entries provide technical descriptions along with plans and photographs. All listings are accompanied by bibliographic citations and interpretative comments. An Introduction frames the current state of synagogue research, while extensive indices and cross-references allow for easy location of specific allusions. An appendix to the catalog contains source materials on Jewish temples outside of Jerusalem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Runesson, Anders

Binder, Donald

Olsson, Birger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction

1.1 The Synagogue in Ancient Writings and Modern Studies

1.2 The Current State of Research

1.3 Topics in Synagogue Research

1.4 Tools for Synagogue Studies

1.5 The Organization and Aim of the Present Collection of Synagogue Sources

2 The Land of Israel

2.1 Identified Locations

2.1.1 Caesarea

2.1.2 Cana

2.1.3 Capernaum

2.1.4 Chorazin

2.1.5 Gamla

2.1.6 Herodion

2.1.7 Horvat ‘Etri

2.1.8 Idumea

2.1.9 Jericho

2.1.10 Jerusalem

2.1.11 Magdala

2.1.12 Masada

2.1.13 Modi‘in

2.1.14 Nabratein (Nevoraya)

2.1.15 Nazareth

2.1.16 Qatzion

2.1.17 Qiryat Sefer

2.1.18 Qumran

2.1.19 Shuafat

2.1.20 Tiberias

2.2 General References and Unidentified Locations

2.2.1 Galilee

2.2.2 Judaea

2.2.3 General

3 The Diaspora

3.1 Identified Locations

3.1.1 Achaia

3.1.1.1 Aegina

3.1.1.2 Athens

3.1.1.3 Corinth

3.1.1.4 Delos

3.1.2 Asia

3.1.2.1 Acmonia

3.1.2.2 Ephesus

3.1.2.3 Halicarnassus

3.1.2.4 Miletus

3.1.2.5 Parium

3.1.2.6 Philadelphia

3.1.2.7 Priene

3.1.2.8 Sardis

3.1.2.9 Smyrna

3.1.2.10 Synnada

3.1.2.11 Thyatira

3.1.2.12 General

3.1.3 The Bosporan Kingdom

3.1.3.1 Gorgippia

3.1.3.2 Olbia

3.1.3.3 Panticapaeum

3.1.3.4 Phanagoria

3.1.4 Cyprus

3.1.4.1 Salamis

3.1.5 Cyrenaica

3.1.5.1 Berenice

3.1.5.2 Cyrene

3.1.6 Egypt

3.1.6.1 Alexandria

3.1.6.2 Alexandrou-Nesos

3.1.6.3 Arsinoë-Crocodilopolis

3.1.6.4 Athribis

3.1.6.5 Leontopolis

3.1.6.6 Naucratis

3.1.6.7 Nitriai

3.1.6.8 Ptolemais

3.1.6.9 Schedia

3.1.6.10 Xenephyris

3.1.6.11 General References and Uncertain Locations

3.1.7 Galatia

3.1.7.1 Iconium

3.1.7.2 Pisidian Antioch

3.1.8 Hungary

3.1.8.1 Osijek (Mursa)

3.1.9 Italy

3.1.9.1 Ostia

3.1.9.2 Rome

3.1.10 Macedonia

3.1.10.1 Beroea

3.1.10.2 Philippi

3.1.10.3 Thessalonica

3.1.10.4 Stobi

3.1.11 Mesopotamia

3.1.11.1 Dura Europos

3.1.12 Syria

3.1.12.1 Antioch

3.1.12.2 Damascus

3.1.12.3 Dora (Dor)

3.2 General References and Unidentified Locations

3.2.1 Literary Sources

4 General References

4.1 Literary Sources

4.1.1 2 Corinthians

4.1.2 Philo

4.1.3 Acts

4.1.4 Artemidorus

4.1.5 Cleomedes

4.1.6 Tacitus

4.1.7 Justin Martyr

5 Jewish Temples Outside Jerusalem

5.1 Babylonia

5.1.1 Casiphia

5.2 Egypt

5.2.1 Elephantine

5.2.2 Leontopolis

5.2.3 General references and Unspecified Locations

5.3 Idumea

5.3.1 Lachish

5.3.2 Beersheva

5.4 Syria

5.4.1 Antioch

5.5 Transjordan

5.5.1 ‘Araq el-Emir

5.5.2 Unspecified Locations

6 Bibliography

7 Indices

7.1 Sources

7.1.1 Hebrew Bible

7.1.2 Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

7.1.3 Qumran

7.1.4 New Testament

7.1.5 Philo

7.1.6 Josephus

7.1.7 Rabbinic Literature

7.1.8 Inscriptions

7.1.9 Papyri

7.1.10 Early Christian Authors

7.1.11 Graeco-Roman and Egyptian Authors

7.2 Subjects and Names

7.3 Synagogue Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Anders Runesson, Ph.D. (2001) and Docent (2002) in New Testament Exegesis, Lund University, is Assistant Professor in Early Christianity and Early Judaism at McMaster University. In addition to having authored several studies on ancient synagogues, including The Origins of the Synagogue (A&W International, 2001), he has published studies on Jewish/Christian Relations and the Gospel of Matthew.

Donald D. Binder, Ph.D. (1997) in New Testament studies, SMU, is Rector of Historic Pohick Church near Mt. Vernon, Virginia. He has written extensively on Synagogues of the Second Temple period, including the volume Into the Temple Courts: The Place of the Synagogues in the Second Temple Period (SBL, 1999).

Birger Olsson, D.Th., Docent (1974) in New Testament Exegesis, Uppsala University, and Professor in New Testament Exegesis, Lund University (1992), is Professor Emeritus since 2003. He worked for many years on the official committee for the translation of the Bible into Swedish (Bibel 2000), and has published widely on Johannine literature, hermeneutics, and reception history.