The Ancient Synagogue of Beth Alpha / / Eleazar Lipa Sukenik.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sukenik, Eleazar Lipa,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Classic Archaeological Reprints
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (213 p.) :; 93
• Other title: Frontmatter --; INTRODUCTION TO THE REPRINT --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Chapter I. THE SITE --; Chapter III. THE MOSAIC PAVEMENT --; Chapter IV. THE TWO INSCRIPTIONS (PI. XXV) --; Chapter V. SUNDRY DISCOVERIES --; Chapter VI. GENERAL SURVEY --; PLATES --; Chapter VII
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463213282; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463213282
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Eleazar Lipa Sukenik.

The Beth Alpha synagogue mosaic is one of the most striking examples of ancient Jewish art ever uncovered. Excavated in 1929 by E. L. Sukenik on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this mosaic provoked an immediate sensation among scholars and lay people throughout Jewish Palestine, Europe and America. Located in Israel’s Jezreel Valley, this remarkable mosaic preserves images of the Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22), of a zodiac wheel flanked by personifications of the seasons that was labeled in Hebrew, and of a Torah shrine flanked by menorahs and lions.