Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Talgam, Rina, author. | Gorni, Dina Avshalom, author. | Najar, Arfan, author.
Title: From the magdala stone to the Syriac bema : mutual influences between the liturgical space in the early synagogue and church / Rina Talgam, Dina Avshalom Gorni, Arfan Najar.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Supplements to the journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; vol.218 | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “This book sheds light on the reciprocal relations between liturgical performance and the physical spaces in which they took place in synagogues and churches in antiquity. The kernel of the manuscript revolves around a decorated stone that was found during the excavations of a synagogue dated to the first century CE at Magdala on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The book displays how this important archaeological discovery radically transforms our understanding of the changes in the shape of the liturgical space and the liturgical furniture in the places of assembly of the two sister faiths, Judaism and Christianity”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024036242 (print) | LCCN 2024036243 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004707726 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004707733 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Israel--Migdal. | Migdal (Israel)--History. | Synagogue architecture. | Church architecture.
Classification: LCC NA3573 .T348 2025 (print) | LCC NA3573 (ebook) | DDC 726/.3093345--dc23/eng/20240823
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024036242
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024036243
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 1384-2161
ISBN 978-90-04-70772-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-70773-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004707733
Copyright 2025 by Rina Talgam, Dina Avshalom-Gorni and Arfan Najar. Published by Koninklijke Brill BV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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