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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Preface Introduction 1 Religion and Architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean Part One: Towns and Villages 2 Jesus and Palestinian Social Protest in Archaeological and Literary Perspective 3 3D Visualizations of a First-Century Galilean Town 4 Khirbet Qana (and Other Villages) as a Context for Jesus 5 First-Century Houses and Q's Setting 6 What has Cana to do with Capernaum? Part Two: Synagogues and Churches 7 Pre-70 Synagogues as Collegia in Rome, the Diaspora, and Judea 8 Architectural Transitions from Synagogues and House Churches to Purpose-Built Churches 9 Philo and Eusebius on Monasteries and Monasticism: The Therapeutae and Kellia 10 Jewish Voluntary Associations in Egypt and the Roles of Women 11 Building a "Synodos . . . and a Place of their Own" 12 An Architectural Case for Synagogues as Associations Part Three: Judea and Jerusalem 13 Law and Piety in Herod's Architecture 14 Why Turn the Tables? Jesus' Protest in the Temple Precincts 15 Josephus, Nicolas of Damascus, and Herod's Building Program 16 Origins, Innovations and Significance of Herod's Temple 17 Herod's Temple Architecture and Jerusalem's Tombs 18 The James' Ossuary's Decoration and Social Setting Conclusion 19 Building Jewish in the Roman East Indexes: Sites, Ancient authors, Modern authors
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Synagogue architecture Israel, Synagogues Israel, Israel Antiquities, Architecture and religion, Rome History Empire, 30 B, C, -284 A, D