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Gush Halav Lower

Other Name: Nahal Gush Halav
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Eric Meyers, Carol Meyers and James Strange (1977-1978)
Main Finds: Lintel with eagle, hoard of coins
Inscriptions: Aramaic (Naveh 1978: 30-31, CIIP V/1: 170-171).
Site Condition: Open to public
General view, looking to north east - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
The old synagogue, Jish, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "Gischala (Gush Ḥalav, Jish)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 170-171.
  2. Leibner, U. and Arubas, B. "Invisible Synagogues of the Second Temple Period" 180, 2022: 9-32, (Hebrew).
  3. Naveh, J. On Stone and Mosaic: the Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Ancient Synagogues. Tel Aviv, Israel Exploration Society, 1978: 30-31, (Hebrew).
  4. Meyers, E. M. "The Dating of the Gush Halav Synagogue: A Response to Jodi Magness" in Judaism in Late Antiquity III; Where we Stand: issues and debates in Ancient Judaism. Vol. 4. The Special Problems of the Synagogue. ed. A.J. Avery-Peck and J. Neusner, Leiden, 2001: 49-70.
  5. Meyers, E.M. "Ancient Gush Halav (Giscala); Palestinian Synagogues and the Eastern Diaspora" in Ancient Synagogues. The State of Research. ed. J. Guttman, Ann Arbor, 1981: 61-78.
  6. Netzer, E. "Review of the Synagogues at Gush Halav and Khirbet Shem'a" Eretz Israel 25, 1996: 450-455;, (Hebrew; Englush summary: 106*).
  7. Belkin, L. "The Architectural Reconstruction of the Gush Halav Synagogue" in Excavations at the Ancient synagogue of Gush Halav. ed. E.M. Meyers; C. L Meyers with J. F Strange, Vinona Lake; Indiana, 1990: 99-122.
  8. Raynor, J. "Numismatics" in Excavations at the Ancient synagogue of Gush Halav. ed. E.M. Meyers; C.L. Meyers with J.F. Strange, Vinona Lake; Indiana, 1990: 230-249.
  9. Bijovsky, G. "The Gush Halav Hoard Reconsidered" Atiqot 35, 1998: 77-106.
  10. Kaswalder, P. "[On] Eric M. Meyers [et al.]; Excavations at the Ancient Synagogue of Gush Halav (1990)" Liber Annuus 43, 1994: 596-602.
Bibliographic citation of this page
Ben David, C. Osband, M. Aviam, M. Site: ‘Synagogues.Kinneret.ac.il’, The Bornblum Eretz Israel Website for the Study of Ancient Synagogues, accessed on 21 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/gush-halav/

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General view, looking to north east - Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view, looking to north east - Gilead Peli all rights reserved
Main entrance looking north, Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Main entrance looking north, Gilead Peli all rights reserved
General view, Gilead Peli all rights reserved © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view, Gilead Peli all rights reserved
Kohl and Watzinger 1916:107 © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Gush Halav- View from the West | Kohl and Watzinger 1916:107
Kohl and Watzinger 1916:108 © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
The Synagogue After Excavation | Kohl and Watzinger 1916:108
Kohl and Watzinger 1916:110 © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
The Lower Part of the Front Door's Lintel | Kohl and Watzinger 1916:110
Kohl and Watzinger 1916:110 © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Cornice Fragments | Kohl and Watzinger 1916:110
Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society. © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General View of the Synagogue after the First Excavation Season | Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society.
Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Center- Remains of the earlier Bema, on the right- the Western Stylobat and the later Bema, on the left- the southern main entrance threshold | Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society
Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
The Small Bema and beneath a Plaster Floor | Meyers 1980: 42. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society
Meyers 1980: 43. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Hoard From the Western Aisle of the VII Synagogue | Meyers 1980: 43. Courtesy of the Israel Exploration Society

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