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Thursday, May 18, 2023

Schiffman on ancient synagogues

PROF. LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN: CLUES FROM THE PAST: THE RUINS OF ANCIENT SYNAGOGUES REVEAL SECRETS THAT EXPLAIN OUR TRADITIONS.

This reprint of an article in Ami Magazine gives a brief introduction to Israeli excavations of ancient synagogues.

PaleoJudaica has posts on most of those mentioned. Start at the links and keep going from there: Zodiac synagogue mosaics at Beit Alfa and elsewhere, Masada, Magdala Synagogues and Stone, Hamat Tiberias (Hamat Teveryah), Katzrin, Huqoq, and Umm el-Kanatir.

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