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Into the temple courts : the place of the synagogues in the Second Temple period

Title: Into the temple courts : the place of the synagogues in the Second Temple period / Donald D. Binder.
Author: Binder, Donald D.
Publication: Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, ©1999.

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Description

xix, 566 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Dissertation series ; no. 169

Uniform Title

Dissertation series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 169.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-566).

Contents

1. Sources -- Literary sources -- Inscriptions -- Architectural remains -- Conclusion -- 2. Terminology -- 3. Palestinian synagogues -- Literary and epigraphic evidence -- Architectural evidence -- The emergence of the Palestinian synagogues -- Conclusion -- 4. Diaspora synagogues -- Egypt -- Cyrenaica -- Syria -- Cyprus -- Galatia -- The Bosporus Kingdom -- Asia -- Macedonia -- Achiaia -- Italy -- 5. Synagogue functionaries -- Synagogue leaders -- Synagogue assistants -- Conclusion -- Excursus One: The place of women in the synagogues -- Excursus Two: God-fearers in the synagogues -- 6. Synagogue functions -- Places of ritual bathing -- The reading and exposition of scripture -- Prayer -- Festivals, holy days and communal dining -- Treasury -- Museum, archive, school -- Places of refuge -- Manumission -- Council halls, courts, society houses -- Conclusion -- 7. Sectarian synagogues -- The Essenes -- The Therapeutae -- The Samaritans -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0884140083
9780884140085
1589830199
9781589830196

LCCN

99044123

OCLC

ocm42027554
42027554
SCSB-1206125

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library