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| Title: Sacred Realm. The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World Type: Edited Book Year: 1996 Abstract: "Prepared to complement the "Sacred Realm" exhibition organized by the Yeshiva University Museum in New York, the six major papers in this volume are by E. M. Meyers on the archaeology of ancient synagogues, Fine on holiness and the ancient synagogue - from meeting house to sacred realm, L. H. Feldman on Diaspora synagogues - new light form inscriptions and papyri, L. V. Rutgers on Diaspora synagogues - synagogue archaeology in the Greco-Roman world, R. Hachlili on synagogues in the Land of Israel - the art and architecture of the late antique synagogues, and A. Shinan on synagogues on the Land of Israel - the literature of the ancient synagogue and synagogue archaeology. Also included are a catalogue of objects in the exhibition, a glossary, and a selected bibliography. Fine, assistant professor of rabbinic literature and history at Baltimore Hebrew University, served as guest curator of the exhibition". Keywords: Cultural and Religious History of Ancient Judaism |