Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World (SIGNED) by Fine, Steven - 1996

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Oxford University Press, 1996. Paperback. GOOD. xxix, 203 pp. Underlining, some rubbing, sound and readable.

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Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 0195102258 . Inked name-stamp on halftitle (David Levenson) else unmarked. Some wear to top corners of wraps else minor shelfwear. ; Xxix, 203pp, illustrated. The rich tradition and profound spirituality of Judaism has touched people the world over for thousands of years. With the arrival in the Near East of Alexander the Great and the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, the synagogue came to represent a new era of this powerful religion, one which witnessed a greater emphasis on shared religious experience and prayer. In turn, the synagogue, derived from the Greek, meaning an "assembly," has come to mean the Jewish house of worship, evolving into a "sacred realm," in which the Torah came to play a central role linking the biblical past with the messianic future. Of course, the synagogue has been much more that a house of worship--it served the Jewish people as a place of learning, a community center, and often as the… Read More

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New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press / Yeshiva University Museum, 1996. Softcover. VG- (Ex-library with label and pocket and few marks; front and back covers are slighlty wobbily because of them; otherwise clean.). Aqua and white & color illus. wraps, 203 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. "Offers a comprehensive overview of the histoical, archaeological, and literary development of the synagogue from the third century B.C.E. to ca. 700 C.E. by an international team of scholars. In describing more than two hundred ancient synagogues in the Greco-Roman world and their place in the history of Judaism and Western civilization, this book shows how the synagogue came to be the most important institution in Jewish life. Beautiful illustrations and maps transport the reader into the remains of synagogues as far afield as North Africa, Italy, Asia Minor, Israel, and Syria." (back cover) With six essays, a catalogue of more than 80 items, a glossary, and a bibliography.