{"product_id":"ancient-synagogues-in-palestine-a-re-evaluation-nearly-a-century-after-sukeniks-schweich-lectures-hardback-9780197267653","title":"Ancient Synagogues in Palestine; A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures (Hardback) 9780197267653","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Synagogues in Palestine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik's Schweich Lectures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780197267653, OUP Oxford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages, 25 b\/w images, 1 colour image, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDozens of ancient synagogues have been discovered around the Mediterranean, most of which date to the fourth-sixth centuries CE and are concentrated in Palestine. In the 1930 Schweich Lectures, Eleazar Lipa Sukenik established a typology and chronology for these buildings. Ancient Synagogues in Palestine evaluates Sukenik's conclusions in light of new discoveries since his time. It opens with an overview of ancient synagogues in the region, followed by a survey of the historiography of the study of these buildings, highlighting its ideological roots in the early Zionist movement. In the final chapters, Magness examines the evidence for the dating of the synagogues at Khirbet Wadi Hamam and Capernaum, arguing that different synagogue types overlapped and were contemporary to the fourth-sixth centuries CE instead of being sequential, as Sukenik thought. This conclusion contradicts a widely accepted view that late antique Jewish communities in Palestine suffered and declined under supposedly oppressive Christian rule.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Biblical archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biblical archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biblical%20archaeology%20%5BHDDH%5D%22\"\u003eHDDH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52255210930456,"sku":"9780197267653","price":69.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780197267653_main.jpg?v=1781273783","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-synagogues-in-palestine-a-re-evaluation-nearly-a-century-after-sukeniks-schweich-lectures-hardback-9780197267653","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}