Alma

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Victor Geurin (1864), Netanel Teflinski (1957)
Main Finds: Architectural elements and inscriptions.
Inscriptions: Aramaic and Hebrew (Naveh 1978: 22-24, CIIP V/1: 146-149).
Site Condition: Part of inscription in modern synagogue of Alma.
Aramaic inscription Ilan 1991: 52, cortesy of Almoga Ilan

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
886, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "ʿAlma" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 146-149.
  2. Ilan, Z. Ancient Synagogues in Israel. Tel Aviv, 1991: 52, (Hebrew).
  3. Hestrin, R. "A New Aramaic Inscription from Alma" Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund Bulletin 3, 1960: 65-67.
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 2026, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/alma/

Photos:

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Lintel with Aramaic inscription Ilan 1991: 52, courtesy of Almoga Ilan © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Lintel with Aramaic inscription Ilan 1991: 52, courtesy of Almoga Ilan
Aramaic inscription Ilan 1991: 52, cortesy of Almoga Ilan © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Aramaic inscription Ilan 1991: 52, cortesy of Almoga Ilan
The Yosef Braslavi Collection, Photo Archive – Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Lintel Fragment with Aramaic Inscription | The Yosef Braslavi Collection, Photo Archive – Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

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