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Kur

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Jürgen K. Zangenberg, Stefan Münger, Raimo Hakola and Byron McCane (2008-present).
Main Finds: Columns, bema and benches. Small remains of mosaic with menorah and inscription.
Inscriptions: Aramaic (see URL link below for inscription and translation)
Mosaics: Yes
Site Condition: Active excavation site.
Aerial view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Zangenberg, J. K. "Village and Synagogue at Ḥorvat Kur" in Ancient Synagogues Revealed: 1981-2022. ed. L. I. Levine, Z. Weiss, U. Leibner, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 2023: 40-47.
  2. Zangenberg, J. K. , Münger, S. and McCane, B. R. "The Kinneret Regional Project Excavations of a Byzantine Synagogue at Horvat Kur, Galilee, 2010–2013: A Preliminary Report" Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 4, 2, 2013: 557-576.
  3. Zangenberg, Jurgen K. "The menorah on the mosaic floor from the late Roman/ Early byzantine synagogue at Horvat Kur" Israel Exploration Journal 67, 2017: 110-126.
  4. Aviam, M. "Another Reading Table Base from a Galilean Synagogue: Some Comments on the Stone Table from Ḥorvat Kur" Arise, Walk Through the Land – Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Land of Israel in Memory of Yizhar Hirschfeld on the Tenth Anniversary of His Demise. ed. J. Patrich, O. Peleg-Barkat, and E. Ben-Yosef, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 2016: 79– 82.
  5. Zangenberg, J. "A Basalt Stone Table from the Byzantine Synagogue at Ḥorvat Kur, Galilee: Publication and Preliminary Interpretation" Arise, Walk Through the Land – Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Land of Israel in Memory of Yizhar Hirschfeld on the Tenth Anniversary of His Demise. ed. J. Patrich, O. Peleg-Barkat, and E. Ben-Yosef, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 2016: 61 – 78.
  6. Zangenberg, J.K. "Performing the Sacred in a Community Building: Observations from the 2010-2015 Kinneret Regional Project Excavations in the Byzantine Synagogue of Horvat Kur (Galilee)" Spaces in Late Antiquity Cultural, Theological and Archaeological Perspectives. ed. J. Day et al., London, Routledge, 2016: 166-189.
  7. Zangenberg, J.K. , Münger, S. and McCane, B. "Horvat Kur, Kinneret Regional Project 2012, 2013" in Hadashot Arkheologiyot, Excavations and Surveys in Israel. 128, 2016.
  8. Zangenberg, J. "Horbat Kur preliminary report 2011" Hadashot Arkheologiyot-Excavations and Surveys in Israel 125, 2013.
  9. Zangenberg, J. and Münger, S. "Horbat Kur preliminary report 2010" Hadashot Arkheologiyot-Excavations and Surveys in Israel 123, 2011.

Photos:

Photos
Aerial view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Aerial view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project
General view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project
Mosaic, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Mosaic, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project
General view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
General view, courtesy of the Kinneret Regional Project

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