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Yesud Hamala

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Excavated
Excavators: Abraham Biran and Dan Urman (1974), Yair Shoham (1982-1983)
Main Finds: Column bases and drums, Aramaic inscription. Unclear if the architectural fragments are in the location of the original building. Current building is a Mamluk sugar factory.
Inscriptions: Aramaic (CIIP V/1: 163).
Site Condition: Open to public.
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Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
האגם, יסוד המעלה, ישראל

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Biran, A. and Shoham, Y. "Remains of a Synagogue and of Sugar Installations at Yesud Hama'alah" in Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies. 19: Michael Avi-Yonah Memorial Volume, Jerusalem, Israel Exploration Society, 1987: 199-207, (Hebrew).
  2. Price, J. J. and Yardeni, A. "Thella (mod. Yesud Ha-Maʿala)" in Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae. ed. W. Ameling et. al., V/Part 1: Galilaea and Northern Regions, Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter, 2023: 163.
  3. Berger, U. , Peterson, J. and Alef, Y. "Yesud Ha-Maʽala: Final Report" Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel 133, 2021.
  4. Biran, A. "Yesud Hamala" The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. 1993: 1510.
  5. Shaked, I. "The Synagogue at Yesud Hamala Reconsidered" in Yad Lyair; Eretz Israel: Studies in Nature and the history of Eretz Israel. Tel Aviv, 1989: 143-145, (Hebrew).
  6. Spigel, C.S. Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities. Tubingen, 2012: 323-325.
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 30 July 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/yesud-hamala/

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