A MONUMENTAL SYNAGOGUE FROM THE FIRST CENTURY: THE CASE OF OSTIA Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractThe synagogue at Ostia is one of the most important ancient synagogues. However, no final report from the excavations yet exists, which has left the field open for some debate as to the origin and nature of the building. Apart from discussing matters of terminology and definitions, the present study provides a detailed analysis of the building's architectural development, relating it to other structures at Ostia. It is maintained that the original edifice was public and monumental, containing a triclinium for common meals, and dated to the late Julio-Claudian period. The results of the analysis have implications for how we understand Jewish identity as expressed in architectural form, as well as the relation between Jews and non-Jews in the Diaspora.

authors

• Runesson, Anders

status

• published 

publication date

• 2002

has subject area

• 20 Language, Communication and Culture (FoR)
• 21 History and Archaeology (FoR)
• 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies (FoR)

published in

• Journal for the Study of Judaism  Journal

keywords

• 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1163/15700630260192549

start page

• 171

end page

• 220

volume

• 33

issue

• 2