This holy place : on the sanctity of the synagogue during the Greco-Roman period
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This holy place : on the sanctity of the synagogue during the Greco-Roman period
(Christianity and Judaism in antiquity, v. 11)
University of Notre Dame Press, c1997
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references(p.231-268) and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780268042059
Description
Marshalling a range of literary and archaeological sources dating to the Graeco-Roman period, the author demonstrates how the synagogue came to be seen as sacred rather than as a house of study. Fine describes in detail the long and creative process by which holiness became ascribed to synagogues.
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: pbk ISBN 9780268042066
Description
This work describes in detail the long and creative process by which holiness became ascribed to synagogues. The author reaches back to the earliest history of the synagogue to explore the ideological development of the synagogue as well as important trends in the history of Judaism.
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