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Kfar Hananya

Other Name: Kefar Hananya
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Joseph Braslavy (1933), Zvi Ilan (1979-1989)
Main Finds: Walls of public building. Architectural elements. Bronze lamp with inscription may have come from synagogue (Ilan 1991: 154). Possibly another public structure on the southwest of the village may be a synagogue.
Inscriptions: Aramaic (Naveh 1978: 34-36, CIIP V/1: 381-382).
Schematic plan Ilan 1991: 153, courtesy of Almoga Ilan

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
85, Israel

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "Kefar Ḥanania" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 381-382.
  2. Ilan, Z. Ancient Synagogues in Israel. Tel Aviv, 1991: 153-154, (Hebrew).
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 02 July 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/kfar-hananya/

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