Levine, Lee I. <br/><br/>
The Ancient Synagogue :  The First Thousand Years. 

 - 2nd ed. 
 - 1 online resource (815 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: The Historical Development of the Synagogue -- The Second Temple Period -- 2. Origins -- 3. Pre-70 Judaea -- 4. The Pre-70 Diaspora -- 5. The Second Temple Synagogue -- Its Role and Functions -- Late Antiquity -- 6. Late Roman Palestine (70 -- Fourth Century C.E.) -- 7. Byzantine Palestine -- 8. Diaspora Synagogues -- Part II: The Synagogue As An Institution -- 9. The Building -- 10. The Communal Dimension -- 11. Leadership -- 12. The Patriarch (Nasi) and the Synagogue -- 13. The Sage and the Synagogue -- 14. Women in the Synagogue -- 15. Priests -- 16. Liturgy -- 17. Iconography: The Limits of Interpretation -- 18. Diachronic and Synchronic Dimensions -- The Synagogue in Context -- 19., Epilogue -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Source Index -- Subject Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300129007 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Synagogues -- History -- To 1500.<br/>Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.<br/>Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM653.L38 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.6509