This Holy Place

by Steven Fine

Book Overview

""Steven Fine's This Holy Place is a comprehensive treatment of the synagogue as a place of sanctity in Late Antiquity. This book is essential for an understanding of how the synagogue became the central Jewish communal institution and how it served as a substitute for the destroyed Jerusalem Temple during the long period of Jewish exile from the Land of Israel. Fine's mastery of both archaeological evidence and a wide variety of literary sources...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532609264
• ISBN13: 9781532609268
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"