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Synagogue Of Ostia
The synagogue at Ostia is a Jewish place of worship located on the outskirts of the Roman city of Ostia in Italy , near the bank of the Tiber , at the end of decumanus parallel to the Via Severiana. The first phase of construction of the building is in the second half of the first century of the Common Era. The temple was embellished in the second century and the early fourth century , it was completely rebuilt and enlarged .
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- J. Fourniol, " The Ancient Ostia , "Internet Group Ostia, 1998. Accessed July 29, 2007
- Hachlili 1998, 226.
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- Synagogue of Dura Europos (other major ancient synagogue)
Bibliography
- (In) R. Hachlili, Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the diaspora, Leiden, 1998, 64-67;
- (En) A. Runesson, "The Oldest Original Synagogue Building In The Diaspora: A Response to L. Michael White, "The Harvard Theological Review (1999) 409-33;
- (En) A. Runesson, D. Binder and B. Olsson, The Ancient Synagogue from icts Origins to 200 CE, Brill, 2008, 241-243;
- (In) SM White, The Social Origins of Christian Architecture, Harvard Theological Studies 42, Johns Hopkins University Press:
- Vol. 1, Building God's House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation Among Pagans, Jews and Christians (Valley Forge 1990);
- Vol. 2, Texts and monuments for the Christian Domus Ecclesiae in ITS environment (Valley Forge 1997)
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