Jews, Christians, and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue (1999 Fine), edited volume

Jews, Christians, and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue (1999) is a book by Steven Fine.

Editions and translations

Published in London: Routledge, 1999 and in New York, NY: Routledge, 1999.

Table of contents

• 1. Common Judaism and the synagogue in the first century--E.P. Sanders
• 2. Was the synagogue a place of sabbath worship before 70 CE?--Pieter W. van der Horst
• 3. The early history of public reading of the Torah--Lawrence H. Schiffman
• 4. The Rabbis and the non-existent monolithic synagogue--Stuart Miller
• 5. Art in the synagogue: some Talmudic views--Joseph M. Baumgarten
• 6. The Patriarchate and the ancient synagogue--Lee L. Levine
• 7. Sage, priest, and poet: typologies of religious leadership in the ancient synagogue--Michael D. Swartz
• 8. Samaritan synagogues and Jewish synagogues: similarities and differences--Reinhard Pummer
• 9. The synagogue within the Greco-Roman city--Tessa Rajak
• 10. The Dura Europos synagogue, early Christian art, and religious life in Dura Europos--Robin M. Jensen
• 11. Jews, Christians, and polytheists in late-antique Sardis--John S. Crawford
• 12. The Torah Shrine in the ancient synagogue: another look at the evidence--Eric M. Meyers
• 13. Non-Jews in the synagogues of late-antique Palestine: Rabbinic and archaeological evidence--Steven Fine

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