The Ancient Synagogue from its Origins to 200 C.E.: A Source Book Book

Foreword     xi
Introduction     1
The Synagogue in Ancient Writings and Modern Studies     1
The Current State of Research     5
Topics in Synagogue Research     7
Tools for Synagogue Studies     13
The Organization and Aim of the Present Collection of Synagogue Sources     15
The Land of Israel     20
Identified Locations     20
Caesarea     20
Cana     22
Capernaum     25
Chorazin     32
Gamla     33
Herodion     35
Horvat 'Etri     36
Idumea     38
Jericho     40
Jerusalem     42
Magdala     55
Masada     55
Modi'in     57
Nabratein (Nevoraya)     58
Nazareth     60
Qatzion     64
Qiryat Sefer     65
Qumran     66
Shuafat     75
Tiberias     76
General References and Unidentified Locations     79
Galilee     79
Judaea     90
General     95
The Diaspora     118
Identified Locations     118
Achaia     118
Aegina     118
Athens     118
Corinth     121
Delos     123
Asia     134
Acmonia     134
Ephesus     135
Halicarnassus     139
Miletus     140
Parium     141
Philadelphia     141
Priene     143
Sardis     143
Smyrna     146
Synnada     148
Thyatira     149
General     149
The Bosporan Kingdom     152
Gorgippia     152
Olbia     155
Panticapaeum     156
Phanagoria     160
Cyprus     162
Salamis     162
Cyrenaica     163
Berenice     163
Cyrene     170
Egypt     171
Alexandria     171
Alexandrou-Nesos     188
Arsinoe-Crocodilopolis     190
Athribis     193
Leontopolis     195
Naucratis     196
Nitriai     197
Ptolemais      197
Schedia     198
Xenephyris     199
General References and Uncertain Locations     199
Galatia     218
Iconium     218
Pisidian Antioch     219
Hungary     222
Osijek (Mursa)     222
Italy     223
Ostia     223
Rome     230
Macedonia     237
Beroea     237
Philippi     238
Thessalonica     239
Stobi     240
Mesopotamia     243
Dura Europos     243
Syria     244
Antioch     244
Damascus     246
Dora (Dor)     247
General References and Unidentified Locations     249
Literary Sources     249
General References     255
Literary Sources     255
2 Corinthians     255
Philo     255
Acts     263
Artemidorus     264
Cleomedes     265
Tacitus     266
Justin Martyr     267
Jewish Temples Outside Jerusalem     274
Babylonia      274
Casiphia     274
Egypt     275
Elephantine     275
Leontopolis     282
General References and Unspecified Locations     286
Idumea     287
Lachish     287
Beersheva     288
Syria     288
Antioch     288
Transjordan     289
'Araq el-Emir     289
Unspecified Locations     290
Bibliography     295
Illustration Credits     313
List of Abbreviations     315
Sigla     317
Indices     319
Sources     321
Hebrew Bible     321
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha     321
Qumran     321
New Testament     321
Philo     322
Josephus     322
Rabbinic Literature     322
Inscriptions     323
Papyri     323
Early Christian Authors     323
Graeco-Roman and Egyptian Authors     324
Archaeology     324
Subjects and Names     325
Synagogue Terms     328
Map of Synagogue Sites Referenced in the Catalogue      328