Shaalvim

Other Name: Shaalavim, Shaalabim
Religion: Samaritan

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Eliezer Sukenik (1949)
Main Finds: Samaritan. Partially excavated. Mosaic with inscriptions.
Inscriptions: Samaritan (Magen 2010: 164-165, CIIP IV/1: 180-181) , Greek (Tod 1949, CIIP IV/1: 179-180)
Mosaics: yes
Site Condition: Unknown. Mosaics on display at the Good Samaritan Museum

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Judea
ברקת 414, נוף איילון, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Price, J. J. and Misgav, H. "Selebi (Selbit, mod. Sha῾albim)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., IV/Part 1: Iudaea / Idumaea, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2018: 179-181.
  2. Tod, M.N. "On The Greek Inscription In The Samaritan Synagogue At Salbit" in Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund Bulletin. II, 1949: 28-27.
  3. Reich, R. "The plan of the Samaritan synagogue at Sha'alvim" Israel Exploration Journal 44, 1994: 228-233.
  4. Sukenik, E.L. "The Samaritan Synagogue at Salbit" Louis M. Rabinowitz Fund Bulletin I, 1949: 25-30.
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 14 June 2026, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/shaalvim/

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