Main entry:

Levine, Lee I.

Title & Author:

The ancient synagogue : the first thousand years / Lee I. Levine.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000.

Description:

xvi, 748 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-684) and indexes.
The historical development of the synagogue (the second temple period) -- Origins -- Pre-70 Judaea -- The pre-70 diaspora -- The second temple synagogue -- its role and functions -- (Later antiquity), Late Roman Palestine (70-Fourth century C.E.) -- Byzantine Palestine -- Diaspora synagogues -- The synagogue as an institution -- The building -- The communal dimension -- Leadership -- The patriarch (Nasi) and the synagogue -- The sages and the synagogue -- Women in the synagogue -- Priests -- Liturgy -- Iconography : the limits of interpretation -- Diachronic and synchronic dimensions -- the synagogue in context -- Epilogue.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Annotation The synagogue was one of the most central & revolutionary institutions of ancient Judaism, leaving an indelible mark on Christianity & Islam as well. This commanding book provides an indepth & comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period to the end of late antiquity. Drawing exhaustively on archeological evidence & on such literary sources as rabbinic material, the New Testament, Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, & Christian & pagan works, Lee Levine traces the development of the synagogue from what was essentially a communal institution to one which came to embody a distinctively religious profile. Exploring its history in the Greco-Roman & Byzantine periods in both Palestine & the Diaspora, he describes the synagogue's basic features: its physical remains; its role in the community; its leadership; the roles of rabbis, Patriarchs, women, & priests in its operation; its liturgy; & its art. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic of a dynamic institution that succeeded in integrating patterns of social & religious behavior from the contemporary non-Jewish society while maintaining a distinctively Jewish character.
Annotation The synagogue was one of the most central and revolutionary institutions of ancient Judaism leaving an indelible mark on Christianity and Islam as well. This commanding book provides an in-depth and comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period to the end of late antiquity. Drawing exhaustively on archeological evidence and on such literary sources as rabbinic material, the New Testament, Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, and Christian and pagan works, Lee Levine traces the development of the synagogue from what was essentially a communal institution to one which came to embody a distinctively religious profile. Exploring its history in the Greco-Roman and Byzantine periods in both Palestine and the Diaspora, he describes the synagogue's basic features: its physical remains; its role in the community; its leadership; the roles of rabbis, Patriarchs, women, and priests in its operation; its liturgy; and its art. What emerges is a fascinating mosaic of a dynamic institution that succeeded in integrating patterns of social and religious behavior from the contemporary non-Jewish society while maintaining a distinctively Jewish character.

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ISBN:

0300074751 (alk. paper)
9780300074758 (alk. paper)
9780300106282
0300106289

Subject:

Synagogues History To 1500.
Judaism History Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism History Talmudic period, 10-425.
Synagogues History.
Synagogues Histoire.
Judaïsme Histoire 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Judaïsme Histoire 10-425 (Période talmudique)
11.23 practical theology of Judaism.
21.70 religious architecture.
Judaism Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Judaism Talmudic period.
Synagogues.
Synagogen.
Jodendom.
Judaism History 10-425, Talmudic period.
Synagogues Jusqu'à 1500.
Judaïsme 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Judaïsme 10-425 (période talmudique)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209461
Call No.: NA4690 .L4 2000
Status: Available