The Magdala synagogue and its stone
Purpose-built synagogues stood in Galilean towns during the first century — the setting the Gospels take for granted.
Confirmé par le terrainSite fouillé1st century AD
A synagogue in use before AD 70, with mosaic and fresco, and at its centre a carved stone block showing a seven-branched menorah — the earliest such depiction known from a synagogue, and apparently carved by someone who had seen the temple.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues.
- Découvert
- Migdal, on the Sea of Galilee, Israel, 2009 — Israel Antiquities Authority salvage excavation
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- In place; the stone in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Comment il nous est parvenu
- Fouillé, ou encore debout là où il fut bâti.
Ce qu'elle montre
The building is securely pre-70. Any link to a particular visit is not something the archaeology can supply.
Ce qu'en font les historiens
A major find for the history of the synagogue; only a handful of pre-70 examples are known.
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Ces textes sont pour l'instant en anglais. Les traductions suivront.