Jodi Magness

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Ancient Synagogues in Palestine

A Re-Evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures

Beschreibung

Nearly a century has passed since Eleazar Lipa Sukenik delivered the Schweich Lectures on ancient synagogues in Palestine and Greece, establishing a typology and chronology of synagogue buildings in Palestine that have remained tremendously influential. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine reconsiders his conclusions in light of new discoveries.

Autor

Jodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Past President of the Archaeological Institute of America. Magness' research interests focus on Palestine in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods, and Diaspora Judaism in the Roman world. She has published eleven books, three of which have won awards, and dozens of articles in journals and edited volumes. Since 2011, Magness has directed excavations at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780197267653
• ISBN-10: 0197267653
• Artikelnr.: 69876181