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A unique and fundamental aspect of ancient Judean society in both Israel and the Diaspora, the ancient synagogue represents an inclusive, localized form of worship that did not crystallize until the destruction...

The ruins of the 3rd century CE synagogue at Kfar Bar'am, northern Israel.

Excavation of the Magdala's synagogue, which was in use during the Second Temple period (50 BCE - 100 CE).

A 1938 photograph of the ruined Ohel Yaakov synagogue in Munich, Germany. The Nazis orchestrated Kristallnacht (‘Night of Broken Glass’), an attack on Jews and Jewish property across Germany and Austria on 9-10...

Interior of the Grand Synagogue of Edirne, one of the largest synagogues in the Balkans, completed in 1909.

Magdala synagogue of the first century CE with evidence of a mosaic floor and the carved stone in the center area of the synagogue. Under the mosaic a bronze coin of Herod Antipas minted in Tiberias (Year 33 = 29 CE) was...

Magdala, known as Migdal in Hebrew (מִגְדָּל: tower) and also as Taricheae (Ταριχέα, from the Greek Τάριχος or tarichos: preserved by salting or drying fish), was an important fishing town during the first...

The journeys of Paul the Apostle, as the New Testament relates in the Book of Acts, started with his conversion experience on the way to Damascus, after which instead of seeking to thwart the growing Christian movement...

The Acts of the Apostles is the story of how the movement that became Christianity began in Jerusalem and spread throughout the Eastern Mediterranean cities of the Roman Empire. It was written by the same author as the third...

In the mid-2nd century CE, Christianity began a gradual process of identity-formation that would lead to the creation of a separate, independent religion from Judaism. Initially, Christians were one of many...