Table Of ContentThe Ancient Synagogue
from its Origins to 200 C.E.
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Ancient Judaism and
Early Christianity
Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken
Judentums und des Urchristentums
Editorial Board
Martin Hengel (Tübingen)
Pieter W. van der Horst (Utrecht)
Martin Goodman (Oxford)
Daniel R. Schwartz ( Jerusalem)
Cilliers Breytenbach (Berlin)
Friedrich Avemarie (Marburg)
Seth Schwartz (New York)
VOLUME 72
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The Ancient Synagogue
from its Origins
to 200 C.E.
A Source Book
by
Anders Runesson, Donald D. Binder
and Birger Olsson
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2008
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For Rachel, Noah, Rebecca and Anna,
Mary,
and Martin,
in thanksgiving
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CONTENTS
Foreword ..................................................................................... xi
1 Introduction ............................................................................. 1
1.1 The Synagogue in Ancient Writings and Modern
Studies ........................................................................... 1
1.2 The Current State of Research ................................... 5
1.3 Topics in Synagogue Research ..................................... 7
1.4 Tools for Synagogue Studies ........................................ 13
1.5 The Organization and Aim of the Present Collection
of Synagogue Sources .................................................. 15
2 The Land of Israel .................................................................... 20
2.1 Identi(cid:2) ed Locations ...................................................... 20
2.1.1 Caesarea .......................................................... 20
2.1.2 Cana ................................................................ 22
2.1.3 Capernaum ..................................................... 25
2.1.4 Chorazin ......................................................... 32
2.1.5 Gamla .............................................................. 33
2.1.6 Herodion ......................................................... 35
2.1.7 Horvat (cid:2)Etri ..................................................... 36
2.1.8 Idumea ............................................................ 38
2.1.9 Jericho ............................................................. 40
2.1.10 Jerusalem ......................................................... 42
2.1.11 Magdala .......................................................... 55
2.1.12 Masada ............................................................ 55
2.1.13 Modi(cid:2)in ............................................................ 57
2.1.14 Nabratein (Nevoraya) ...................................... 58
2.1.15 Nazareth .......................................................... 60
2.1.16 Qatzion ........................................................... 64
2.1.17 Qiryat Sefer .................................................... 65
2.1.18 Qumran .......................................................... 66
2.1.19 Shuafat ............................................................ 75
2.1.20 Tiberias ........................................................... 76
2.2 General References and Unidenti(cid:2) ed Locations ......... 79
2.2.1 Galilee ............................................................. 79
2.2.2 Judaea .............................................................. 90
2.2.3 General ............................................................ 95
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3 The Diaspora ............................................................................ 118
3.1 Identi(cid:2) ed Locations ...................................................... 118
3.1.1 Achaia ............................................................... 118
3.1.1.1 Aegina .............................................. 118
3.1.1.2 Athens .............................................. 118
3.1.1.3 Corinth ............................................. 121
3.1.1.4 Delos ................................................. 123
3.1.2 Asia .................................................................... 134
3.1.2.1 Acmonia ........................................... 134
3.1.2.2 Ephesus ............................................ 135
3.1.2.3 Halicarnassus ................................... 139
3.1.2.4 Miletus .............................................. 140
3.1.2.5 Parium .............................................. 141
3.1.2.6 Philadelphia ...................................... 141
3.1.2.7 Priene ............................................... 143
3.1.2.8 Sardis ................................................ 143
3.1.2.9 Smyrna ............................................. 146
3.1.2.10 Synnada ............................................ 148
3.1.2.11 Thyatira ............................................ 149
3.1.2.12 General ............................................. 149
3.1.3 The Bosporan Kingdom ................................... 152
3.1.3.1 Gorgippia ......................................... 152
3.1.3.2 Olbia ................................................ 155
3.1.3.3 Panticapaeum ................................... 156
3.1.3.4 Phanagoria ....................................... 160
3.1.4 Cyprus ............................................................... 162
3.1.4.1 Salamis ............................................. 162
3.1.5 Cyrenaica .......................................................... 163
3.1.5.1 Berenice ............................................ 163
3.1.5.2 Cyrene .............................................. 170
3.1.6 Egypt ................................................................. 171
3.1.6.1 Alexandria ........................................ 171
3.1.6.2 Alexandrou-Nesos ............................ 188
3.1.6.3 Arsinoë-Crocodilopolis ..................... 190
3.1.6.4 Athribis ............................................. 193
3.1.6.5 Leontopolis ....................................... 195
3.1.6.6 Naucratis .......................................... 196
3.1.6.7 Nitriai ............................................... 197
3.1.6.8 Ptolemais .......................................... 197
3.1.6.9 Schedia ............................................. 198
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3.1.6.10 Xenephyris ..................................... 199
3.1.6.11 General References and Uncertain
Locations ........................................ 199
3.1.7 Galatia ............................................................. 218
3.1.7.1 Iconium .......................................... 218
3.1.7.2 Pisidian Antioch ............................. 219
3.1.8 Hungary ......................................................... 222
3.1.8.1 Osijek (Mursa) ................................ 222
3.1.9 Italy ................................................................. 223
3.1.9.1 Ostia ............................................... 223
3.1.9.2 Rome .............................................. 230
3.1.10 Macedonia ...................................................... 237
3.1.10.1 Beroea ............................................ 237
3.1.10.2 Philippi ........................................... 238
3.1.10.3 Thessalonica ................................... 239
3.1.10.4 Stobi ............................................... 240
3.1.11 Mesopotamia ................................................... 243
3.1.11.1 Dura Europos ................................ 243
3.1.12 Syria ................................................................ 244
3.1.12.1 Antioch ........................................... 244
3.1.12.2 Damascus ....................................... 246
3.1.12.3 Dora (Dor) ..................................... 247
3.2 General References and Unidenti(cid:2) ed Locations ......... 249
3.2.1 Literary Sources .............................................. 249
4 General References ...................................................................... 255
4.1 Literary Sources ......................................................... 255
4.1.1 2 Corinthians .................................................. 255
4.1.2 Philo ................................................................ 255
4.1.3 Acts .................................................................. 263
4.1.4 Artemidorus .................................................... 264
4.1.5 Cleomedes ....................................................... 265
4.1.6 Tacitus ............................................................. 266
4.1.7 Justin Martyr ................................................... 267
5 Jewish Temples Outside Jerusalem ............................................... 274
5.1 Babylonia ...................................................................... 274
5.1.1 Casiphia .......................................................... 274
5.2 Egypt ............................................................................. 275
5.2.1 Elephantine ..................................................... 275
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Description: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.
