Synagogue (English Wikipedia)

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Horbury, William; Noy, David, eds. (1992). Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt (22. Plaque, dedication of a Schedian proseuche, 246–221 BCE). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-41870-6. υπέρ βασιλέως | Πτολεμαίου και | βασιλίσσης | Βερενίκης άδελ | φης καί γυναικδς καί || των τέκνων | τήν προσευχήν | οί 'Ιουδαίοι. [On behalf of king Ptolemy and queen Berenice his sister and wife and their children, the Jews (dedicated) the proseuche.]
Horbury, William; Noy, David, eds. (1992). Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt (117. Stele, dedication of an Arsinoëan-Crocodilopolitan proseuche, 246–221 BCE). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-41870-6. υπέρ βασιλέως | Πτολεμαίου τοΰ | Πτολεμαίου καί | βοκηλίσσης | Βερενίκης της || γυναικδς καί | άδελφης καί των | τέκνων οΐ έν Κροκ[ο] | δίλων πόλει *Ιου[δαΐ] | ον την προ[σευχήν] || [ · · · · ] [On behalf of king Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy, and queen Berenice his wife and sister and their children, the Jews in Crocodilopolis (dedicated) the proseuche .....]
Fine, Steven (2016). This Holy Place: On the Sanctity of the Synagogue During the Greco-Roman Period. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-5326-0926-8.
Doering, Lutz; Krause, Andrew R.; Löhr, Hermut, eds. (2020). Synagogues in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: Archaeological Finds, New Methods, New Theories. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 191. ISBN 978-3-647-52215-9.
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Joseph Gutmann (1983). Iconography of Religions: The Jewish sanctuary. Brill. p. 15. ISBN 90-04-06893-7.
Wischnitzer, Rachel (1964). The architecture of the European synagogue. Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 34.
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Cohen 1999, p. 298. Cohen, Shaye J. D. (1999). "The Temple and the synagogue". In Horbury, William; Davies, W. D.; Sturdy, John (eds.). The Early Roman Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–325. ISBN 9781139053662. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Cohen 1999, p. 320. Cohen, Shaye J. D. (1999). "The Temple and the synagogue". In Horbury, William; Davies, W. D.; Sturdy, John (eds.). The Early Roman Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–325. ISBN 9781139053662. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Cohen 1999, p. 322. Cohen, Shaye J. D. (1999). "The Temple and the synagogue". In Horbury, William; Davies, W. D.; Sturdy, John (eds.). The Early Roman Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–325. ISBN 9781139053662. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Cohen 1999, p. 321. Cohen, Shaye J. D. (1999). "The Temple and the synagogue". In Horbury, William; Davies, W. D.; Sturdy, John (eds.). The Early Roman Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–325. ISBN 9781139053662. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Levine, Lee (2006). "Jewish archaeology in late antiquity: art, architecture, and inscriptions". In Katz, Steven T. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 4: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 526–527, 539–542. ISBN 978-0-521-77248-8. Retrieved 2024-05-06.

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Grabbe 1988, pp. 409–410. Grabbe, Lester L. (1988). "Synagogues in Pre-70 Palestine: A Re-Assessment". The Journal of Theological Studies. 39 (2). Oxford University Press: 401–410. doi:10.1093/jts/39.2.401. JSTOR 23964207.

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Reich, Ronny (1994). "The Plan of the Samaritan Synagogue at Sha'alvim". Israel Exploration Journal. 44 (3/4): 228–233. ISSN 0021-2059. JSTOR 27926350.

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Cohen 1999, p. 298. Cohen, Shaye J. D. (1999). "The Temple and the synagogue". In Horbury, William; Davies, W. D.; Sturdy, John (eds.). The Early Roman Period. The Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–325. ISBN 9781139053662. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Levine 2005, p. 175. Levine, Lee I. (2005). The Ancient Synagogue: The First Thousand Years (2nd ed.). New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10628-9. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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Pummer, Reinhard (13 January 2009). "How to Tell a Samaritan Synagogue from a Jewish Synagogue". Biblical Archaeology Review. May/June 1998 (24:03). Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via Center for Online Judaic Studies, cojs.org.
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