Caesarea

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Jacob Ori (1947), Michael Avi-Yonah (1956, 1962)
Main Finds: Mosiac floor with Hebrew and Greek inscriptions.
Inscriptions: Hebrew (Naveh 1978: 87-90), Greek (Roth-Gerson 1987: 113-124: CIIP Vol. II: 55-64)
Mosaics: yes
Site Condition: National park entrance fee.
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Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Coastal Plain
שביל ישראל, ג’סר א זרקא, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Govaars, M. , Spiro, M. and J. BULL, R. The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports: Field O: The "Synagogue" Site. Vol. 13, The American Schools of Oriental Research, 2009.
  2. Avi-Yonah, M. "The Caesarea synagogue" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 1993: 278-280.
  3. Price, J. J. "List of the 24 priestly courses in Hebrew; 4-5c. CE; (no.1145)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palastinae. ed. W. Ameling; et al, Berlin, 2011.
  4. Storvick, O.J. and Govaars, M. "Excavations at Caesarea Maritima and the Vardaman papers" BASOR 371, 2014: 163-184.

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