The ancient synagogue : the first thousand years

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Lee I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
To 1500
Synagogues > History > To 1500.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425.
Synagogues > History.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > History.
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Judaism > Talmudic period
Synagogues
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Chronology
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I: The Historical Development of the Synagogue
  • The Second Temple Period
  • 2. Origins
  • 3. Pre-70 Judaea
  • 4. The Pre-70 Diaspora
  • 5. The Second Temple Synagogue
  • Its Role and Functions
  • Late Antiquity
  • 6. Late Roman Palestine (70
  • Fourth Century C.E.)
  • 7. Byzantine Palestine
  • 8. Diaspora Synagogues
  • Part II: The Synagogue As An Institution
  • 9. The Building
  • 10. The Communal Dimension
  • 11. Leadership
  • 12. The Patriarch (Nasi) and the Synagogue13. The Sage and the Synagogue
  • 14. Women in the Synagogue
  • 15. Priests
  • 16. Liturgy
  • 17. Iconography: The Limits of Interpretation
  • 18. Diachronic and Synchronic Dimensions
  • The Synagogue in Context
  • 19., Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Source Index
  • Subject Index

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