This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue During the Greco-Roman Period (Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity Series)

By Steven Fine

Book Overview

This work describes in detail the long and creative process by which holiness became ascribed to synagogues. The author reaches back to the earliest history of the synagogue to explore the ideological development of the synagogue as well as important trends in the history of Judaism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268042063
• ISBN13: 9780268042066
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"