Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Director's Preface ix
• Editor's Preface xiii
• Acknowledgments xv
• Donors xvii
• Lenders to the Exhibition xxi
• Historical Chronology xxiii
• Foreword - The Ancient Synagogue and the History of Judaism xxvii
• 1 - Ancient Synagogues an Archaeological Introduction 3
• 2 - From Meeting House to Sacred Realm 21
• 3 - Diaspora Synagogues 48
• 4 - Diaspora Synagogues 67
• 5 - Synagogues in the Land of Israel 96
• 6 - Synagogues in the Land of Israel 130
• Contributors 153

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Director's Preface ix
• Editor's Preface xiii
• Acknowledgments xv
• Donors xvii
• Lenders to the Exhibition xxi
• Historical Chronology xxiii
• Foreword - The Ancient Synagogue and the History of Judaism xxvii
• 1 - Ancient Synagogues an Archaeological Introduction 3
• 2 - From Meeting House to Sacred Realm 21
• 3 - Diaspora Synagogues 48
• 4 - Diaspora Synagogues 67
• 5 - Synagogues in the Land of Israel 96
• 6 - Synagogues in the Land of Israel 130
• Contributors 153
• Catalogue of Objects in the Exhibition 155
• Late Additions to the Exhibition 176
• Notes 177
• Glossary 183
• Selected Bibliography 185
• Photographic Credits 193
• Index 195