Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue

by Steven Fine

Overview

Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue explores the ways in which divergent ethnic, national and religious communities interacted with one another within the synagogue in the Greco-Roman period. It presents new perspectives regarding the development of the synagogue and its significance of this institution for understanding religion and society under the Roman Empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415182478
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/24/1999
Series:	Baltimore Studies in the History of Judaism Series
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steven Fine is Associate Professor of Rabbinic literature and history at Baltimore Hebrew University. He is the author of This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue During the Greco-Roman Period and the award winning Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Common Judaism and the Synagogue in the First Century, E.P. Sanders; Chapter 2 Was The Synagogue A Place Of Sabbath Worship Before 70 Ce?, Pieter W. van der Horst; Chapter 3 The Early History of Public Reading of the Torah, Lawrence H. Schiffman; Chapter 4 The Rabbis and the Non Existent Monolithic Synagogue, Stuart S. Miller; Chapter 5 Art In The Synagogue, Joseph M. Baumgarten; Chapter 6 The Patriarchate and the Ancient Synagogue, Lee I. Levine; Chapter 7 Sage, Priest, and Poet, Michael D. Swartz; Chapter 8 Samaritan Synagogues And Jewish Synagogues, Reinhard Pummer; Chapter 9 The Synagogue Within the Greco-Roman City, Tessa Rajak; Chapter 10 The Dura Europos Synagogue, Early-Christian Art, and Religious Life in Dura Europos, Robin M. Jensen; Chapter 11 Jews, Christians, and Polytheists in Late-Antique Sardis, John S. Crawford; Chapter 12 The Torah Shrine In The Ancient Synagogue, Eric M. Meyers; Chapter 13 Non-Jews in the Synagogues of Late-Antique Palestine, Steven Fine;