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Shikhin

Other Name: Shihin
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Early Roman
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: James R. Strange, Mordechai Aviam (2012 to present)
Main Finds: architectural fragments
Site Condition: Sepphoris National Park, this part is open to the public
Synagogue wall and threshold - James Strange

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Strange, J. R. "Shihin – 2014–2019: Preliminary Report" Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel 136, 2024.
  2. Aviam, M. and Strange, J. R. "A Roman Period Synagogue at Shiḥin" in Pushing Sacred Boundaries in Early Judaism and the Ancient Mediterranean: Essays in Honor of Jodi Magness. ed. D. Mizzi, T. Rassalle and M. J. Grey, Leiden, Brill, 2023: 529-553.
  3. Strange, J. R. "Kefar Shikhin" in Galilee in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods. ed. D. A. Fiensy and J. R. Strange, Volume 2: The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages, Minneapolis, 2015: 88-108.

Photos:

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Pillar base - Mordechai Aviam © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Pillar base - Mordechai Aviam
Synagogue wall and threshold - James Strange © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
P6180476 | Synagogue wall and threshold - James Strange

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