Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima: Caput Judaeae, Metropolis Palaestinae (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity)

513 Pages·2011·24.03 MB·English

by  Joseph Patrich

Studies in the Archaeology and History of
Caesarea Maritima
Ancient Judaism and
Early Christianity
Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken
Judentums und des Urchristentums
Founding Editor
Martin Hengel† (Tübingen)
Executive Editors
Cilliers Breytenbach (Berlin)
Martin Goodman (Oxford)
Editorial Board
Friedrich Avemarie (Marburg), John Barclay (Durham),
Pieter W. van der Horst (Utrecht), Tal Ilan (Berlin),
Tessa Rajak (Reading), Daniel R. Schwartz (Jerusalem),
Seth Schwartz (New York)
VOLUME 77
Studies in the Archaeology and
History of Caesarea Maritima
Caput Judaeae, Metropolis Palaestinae
By
Joseph Patrich
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2011
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Patrich, J. (Joseph)
Studies in the archaeology and history of Caesarea Maritima : caput judaeae, metropolis
palaestinae / by Joseph Patrich.
p. cm. — (Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ISSN 1871-6636 ; v. 77)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-17511-2 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Caesarea (Israel)—Antiquities. 2. Excavations (Archaeology)—Israel—Caesarea.
3. Archaeology and history—Israel—Caesarea. I. Title.
DS110.C13P384 2011
933.4’9—dc23
2011021399
ISSN 1871-6636
ISBN 978 90 04 17511 2
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To the blessed memory of my mother Feiga
(January 1, 1919–May 31, 2011).
May she rest in peace.

CONTENTS
Abbreviations ..................................................................................... ix
Introduction ........................................................................................ 1
Chapter One Herodian Caesarea: The Urban Space .................. 5
(with a Post Script—Proposed map for Straton’s Tower,
on pp. 12–13)
Chapter Two The Wall Street, the Eastern Stoa, the Location
of the Tetrapylon, and the Halakhic Status of Caesarea
Maritima (Interpreting Tosefta, Ahilot, 18:13) .......................... 41
Chapter Three On the Proclamation of Caesarea as a
Roman Colony ............................................................................... 71
Chapter Four Urban Space in Caesarea Maritima in the Late
Antiquity ......................................................................................... 91
(with a Post Script—Caesarea as an Intellectual Center in
Late Antiquity, on pp. 114–116)
Chapter Five Several Aspects of Commerce and Economy in
Late Antique Caesarea .................................................................. 117
Chapter Six Caesarea in Transition: The Archaeological
Evidence from the Southwest Zone (Areas CC, KK, NN) ....... 141
(with an Appendix on the Pottery by Barbara Johnson and
Julia Idelson, on pp. 167–176)
Chapter Seven Herod’s Hippodrome/Stadium at Caesarea
and the Games Conducted Therein ............................................ 177
(with an update addendum on an additional carceres and a
pre-inaugural arena level, on pp. 202–204)
Chapter Eight The Praetoria at Caesarea Maritima ................... 205
(with an Appendix: The Tariff Inscription, deciphered and translated
by Leah Di Segni, on pp. 219–223)
viii contents
Chapter Nine Warehouses and Granaries in Caesarea
Maritima ......................................................................................... 225
Chapter Ten A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima? ........ 237
Chapter Eleven Four Christian Objects from Caesarea
Maritima ......................................................................................... 249
Chapter Twelve The Martyrs of Caesarea: The Urban
Context ............................................................................................ 259
Bibliography ........................................................................................ 283
Index of Ancient Authors and Literary Sources ............................ 317
Index of Personal Names .................................................................. 320
Index of Places and People ............................................................... 325
General Index ..................................................................................... 330
Illustrations ......................................................................................... 341
ABBREVIATIONS
AASOR Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research
AB Analecta Bollandia
Ac Acts of the Apostles
ADAJ Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan
AJA American Journal of Archaeology
AJSR Association of Jewish Studies Review
ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang des Römischen Welt
Ant. Flavius Josephus, Antiquities
AW Ancient World
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BAR Biblical Archaeology Review
BAR Int. Ser. British Archaeology Reports. International Series
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
BCH Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique
BIA Bar-Ilan: Annual of Bar-Ilan University
CCSL Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina
CIC Corpus Iuris Civilis
CIG Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, A. Boeck ed. Berlin
1828–1877
CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Berlin 1863–.
CIS Corpus Inscriptiones Semiticaarum
CMS Center for Maritime Studies
CNI Christian News from Israel
CPJ Corpus Papyrorum Judaicorum
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
CSCO Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium
DOP Dumbarton Oaks Papers
EAEHL Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy
Land
EH Ecclesiastical History
EI Eretz Israel
ESI Excavations and Surveys in Israel
GCS Die griechischen christlischen Schriftsteller der ersten
Jahrhunderte
HA Hadshot Arkheologiot (Hebrew)