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Japhia

Other Name: Iaphia
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Eliezer Sukenik (1950)
Main Finds: Columns, ornamental architecture and mosaic with part of zodiac.
Inscriptions: Hebrew (Naveh 1978: 69-70, CIIP V/2: 1456-1457).
Mosaics: Yes.
Site Condition: Inside private courtyard. Some remains can be seen from outside.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee
305 20-34, יפיע, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "Iaphia (mod. Yafa)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 2: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 1456-1457.
  2. Barag, D. "Japhia" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 1993: 659-660.
  3. Foerster, G. "On the Mosaic of the Japhia Synagogue" Yediot 31, 1966: 218-224, (Hebrew).
  4. Sukenik, E.L. "The Ancient Synagogue at Yafa; near Nazareth" Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund Bulletin II, 1951: 06-24.
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 22 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/japhia/

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