Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities

Name: Ancient Synagogue Seating Capacities | Methodology, Analysis and Limits
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Methodology, Analysis and Limits

Chad S. Spigel(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 6. September 2012

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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
Abbreviations, Versions, Translations and Place Names
Chapter 1: Introduction
A Method for Determining the Extent of Ancient Synagogue Worship
Seating Capacities in Recent Scholarship
Synagogue Seating Capacities: The Goals of this Book
Methodological Approach to the Study of Ancient Synagogues
An Exercise in Ancient Demography
Outline of Chapters
Chapter 2: The Seating Capacity Methodology: Defining Ancient Synagogue Worship
Defining Synagogue Worship
Synagogue Worship Activities
Scriptural Readings and Targumim
Preaching
Prayers and Blessings
Prostration
Giving and Receiving Charity
Festival Worship
Unknown Worship Activities
Synagogue Furnishings and their Relationships to Worship Activities
Seating Furniture: Benches, Chairs, Floor Seating
Raised Platforms and Tables
Storage: Niches, Aediculae and Arks
Balconies
Partitions and Chancel Screens
Chapter 3: The Seating Capacity Methodology: Coefficients
Anthropometrics and Seating Capacities
The Coefficients
Rule-of-Thumb General Coefficient
Permanent Stone Benches
Portable Benches
Shallow Tiered Benches
Individual Chairs
Floor Seating
Standing
Applying the Coefficients
Determining Orientations
Empty Space around Architectural Features
Area for Worship Activities and Leaders
Choosing Seating Plans and Methods
Tables
Chapter 4: Case Study: Applying the Methodology to a Single Synagogue
Introduction
Case Study: Gamla
The Building
Worship Activities and Orientation
Calculating Seating Capacities
Demographic Data
Analysis
Chapter 5: Case Study: Applying the Methodology to Contemporaneous Synagogues in Tetracomia
Introduction
Nabratein
The Building
Worship Activities and Orientation
Calculating Seating Capacities
Demographic Data
Analysis
Khirbet Shema?
The Building
Worship Activities and Orientation
Calculating Seating Capacities
Demographic Data
Analysis
Meiron
The Building
Worship Activities and Orientation
Calculating Seating Capacities
Demographic Data
Analysis
Gush ?alav
The Building
Worship Activities and Orientation
Calculating Seating Capacities
Demographic Data
Analysis
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Catalog of Seating Capacities for Synagogues in Ancient Palestine
Introduction
Arbel
Assaliyeh
Bar?am (Central Synagogue)
Bar?am (North Synagogue)
Beth Alpha
Beth She?an Kyrios Leontis (Scythopolis)
Beth She?an North (Scythopolis)
Beth She?arim
Beth Yera? (Khirbet el-Kerak
Philoteria)
Caesarea
Capernaum
Chorazin
Dabiyye
Deir ?Aziz
ed-Dikkeh
?En Nashu?
el-Khirbe
En-Gedi
Eshtemoa
Gamla
Gaza (Aza)
Gush ?alav
?ammat Gader
Hammath-Tiberias (Severos, Stratum II)
Hammath-Tiberias (Stratum I)
Hammath-Tiberias North
?orvat ?Ammudim
?orvat ?Anim
?orvat Kanaf
?orvat Ma?on (in Judea)
?orvat Natur
?orvat Rimmon
Khirbet Shema?
?orvat Sumaqa
?usifah (?Isfiya)
Japhia
Jericho
Kefar ?ananya
Kafr Mi?r
Khirbet Samara
Ma?on (Nirim)
Ma?oz ?ayyim
Meiron
Meroth
Na?aran
Nabratein (Phase I and II)
Nabratein (Phase III)
Qa?rin
Qiryat Sefer
Re?ob
Sasa
Sepphoris
Susiya, Khirbet
Tiberias
Umm el-Qanatir
Wadi Hamam
Yesud ha-Ma ala
Tables
Chapter 7: Conclusions
The Seating Capacity Methodology and its Limits
Analysis of the Seating Capacity Data
Limits of Analyzing Seating Capacities: Ancient Demography and Chronology
General Observations about Synagogue Seating Capacities
Did Most Jews Participate in Regular Synagogue Worship?
Why Some Jews may not have Participated in Regular Synagogue Worship
House Synagogues as a Source of Additional Worship Space
Explaining Architectural Changes to Synagogues
Concluding Words
Bibliography
Ancient Literature and Translations
Modern Literature
Index of Sources
Hebrew Bible
Second Temple Jewish Writings (Listed Alphabetically)
New Testament
Josephus
Philo
Rabbinic Sources
Christian, Roman and Byzantine Literature
Index of Authors
Subject Index

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