Building Jewish in the Roman East

Building Jewish in the Roman East
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Publisher : Baylor University Press
Total Pages : 443
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ISBN-10 : 9781932792010
ISBN-13 : 1932792015
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Book Synopsis Building Jewish in the Roman East by : Peter Richardson

Download or read book Building Jewish in the Roman East written by Peter Richardson and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean, but what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. Building Jewish first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, Building Jewish explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity but also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and, thus, directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.


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