Английская Википедия:Eshtemoa synagogue
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox ancient site The Eshtemoa Synagogue, located 15 km south of Hebron in as-Samu, West Bank, refers to the remains of an ancient Jewish synagogue dating from around the 4th–5th century CE.
Background: ancient Eshtemoa
Eshtemoa, identified as modern as-Samu, was an ancient city named in the Bible (Шаблон:Bibleref). During Roman and Byzantine period, Eshtemoa was described as a large Jewish village.[1]
The Jerusalem Talmud (Nedarim 6:10 - Leiden Ms.) recalls a man who lived there, named Ḥasa of Eshtemoa.
Architecture and description
The remains of the synagogue were identified by L. A. Mayer and A. Reifenberg in 1934,[2] in which site they describe a recess in the wall, once used as a Torah Ark ("Heikhal").[3][4] In 1969–70, a full excavation of the site under the guidance of Ze'ev Yeivin revealed that the building occupied the most prominent site in the village. Ancillary buildings attached to the synagogue were removed in order to reveal the old structure.[5] The old synagogue was built in "broadhouse" style without columns and measured Шаблон:Convert by Шаблон:Convert.[6] Entry was by any of three doors along its eastern side and one of the three niches recessed into the northern wall functioned as the Torah Ark. The building housed a mosaic floor and displayed external ornamental carvings.[1] Four seven-branched menorahs were discovered carved onto door lintels and one of them is displayed in Jerusalem's Rockefeller Museum.[7] Along the northern and southern walls of the synagogue were built two benches, one on top of the other, of which only remnants remain.[5]
Aftermath, following the Islamic conquest
After the Muslim conquest, the synagogue was converted into a mosque and a mihrab was added.[6][8] The mihrab was built in place of the bench that ran along its southern wall.[5]
According to a local tradition, this addition was made during the conquest of Saladin (in the 12th century), rather than during the early Muslim conquest of the Levant.[5] Robert Schick suggests that the conversion may have taken place in the 10th century instead of during the Umayyad period.[9]
A Crusader church was constructed near the eastern side of the synagogue in the 12th century.[5]
The western wall is still standing to a height of Шаблон:Convert.[6] Many architectural elements of the building have been reused in the modern village.[10]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ F.M. Abel, Revue Biblique 35 (1929), pp. 585-ff.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Robert Schick, The Christian Communities of Palestine from Byzantine to Islamic Rule: A Historical and Archaeological Study (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 2), Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press, 1995
- ↑ Raphael Greenberg, Adi Keinan. Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007: A Sourcebook, Ostracon 2009. pg. 136. Шаблон:ISBN.
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