Introduction

Howard Clark Kee

Part One THE ORIGINS OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL

Defining the First-Century C.E. Synagogue: Problems and Progress

Howard Clark Kee

Ancient Texts, Archaeology as Text, and the Problem of the First-Century Synagogue

James F. Strange

Synagogues in Galilee and the Gospels

Richard A. Horsley

Part Two THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE DIASPORA

The Synagogue of Dura-Europos: A Critical Analysis

Joseph Gutmann

Were Pharisees and Rabbis the Leaders of Communal Prayer and Torah Study in Antiquity? The Evidence of the New Testament, Josephus, and the Early Church Fathers

Shaye J. D. Cohen

The Jewish Community of Ancient Sardis: Deconstruction and Reconstruction

Marianne Bonz

Melito's Peri Pascha: Its Relationship to Judaism and Sardis in Recent Scholarly Discussion

Lynn H. Cohick

Jews, Slaves, and the Synagogue on the Black Sea: The Bosporan Manumission Inscriptions and Their Significance for Diaspora Judaism

J. Andrew Overman

Jews and Christians at Ancient Chersonesus: The Transformation of Jewish Public Space

Douglas R. Edwards

Selected Bibliography on the Synagogue and Related Themes

Index of Ancient Texts

General Index