Building Jewish in the Roman East / Peter Richardson.

• Author: Richardson, Peter, 1935-
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. Building Jewish first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, Building Jewish explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Chri

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Religion and Architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean; Chapter 2 Jesus and Palestinian Social Protest in Archaeological and Literary Perspective; Chapter 3 3-D Visualizations of a First-Century Galilean Town; Chapter 4 Khirbet Qana (and Other Villages) as a Context for Jesus; Chapter 5 First-Century Houses and Q's Setting; Chapter 6 What has Cana to do with Capernaum?; Chapter 7 Pre-70 Synagogues as Collegia in Rome, the Diaspora, and Judea

Chapter 8 Architectural Transitions from Synagogues and House Churches to Purpose-Built ChurchesChapter 9 Philo and Eusebius on Monasteries and Monasticism: The Therapeutae and Kellia; Chapter 10 Jewish Voluntary Associations in Egypt and the Roles of Women; Chapter 11 Building a ""Synodos . . . and a Place of their Own""; Chapter 12 An Architectural Case for Synagogues as Associations; Chapter 13 Law and Piety in Herod's Architecture; Chapter 14 Why Turn the Tables? Jesus' Protest in the Temple Precincts; Chapter 15 Josephus, Nicolas of Damascus, and Herod's Building Program

Chapter 16 Origins, Innovations, and Significance of Herod's TempleChapter 17 Herod's Temple Architecture and Jerusalem's Tombs; Chapter 18 The James Ossuary's Decoration and Social Setting; Chapter 19 Building Jewish in the Roman East; Notes; Glossary; Further Reading; Indexes; Ancient Sources; Modern Authors; Sites and Places