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Ancient Synagogue Coins

A Digital Dissertation Project

  • Introduction
    • Problem
    • History of Scholarship
    • The Present Study
    • Compiling and rea-assessing old collections
    • The database and website project
  • The Synagogue Building
    • The Ancient Synagogue and its Components
    • Synagogue functions, Leadership, and Organization
    • Difficulty in Identifying Synagogues
    • Difficulty in Dating Synagogues
  • Numismatics
    • Archaeology vs. Numismatics
    • Coins and how to properly excavate, publish, and read them
    • Difficulty in Identifying Coins
    • Difficulties specific to synagogue coin deposits
    • The Present Study
    • Categorization and Terminology
    • A New Categorization System
  • Catalogue
    • ‘En Gedi
    • ‘En Nashut
    • Bar’am
    • Beth Alpha
    • Beth She’arim
    • Caesarea
    • Capernaum
    • Dabiyye
    • Deir ‘Aziz
    • Gush Halav
    • H. Shema’
    • Horvat Kanaf
    • Hammath Tiberias
    • Horvat Kur
    • Horvat Rimmon
    • Horvat Sumaqa
    • Korazin
    • Ma’oz Hayyim
    • Meroth
    • Ostia
    • Qasrin
    • Rehob
    • Sardis
    • Wadi Hamam
  • Function & Interpretation
    • Accidental Losses
    • Votive Offerings and Genizot
    • Tzedakah or Charity
    • Treasuries
    • Emergency Hoards
    • Post-Destruction Offerings
    • Difficulties in Interpretation
  • The Floor Deposits
    • The Evil Eye
    • Protection against the Evil Eye
    • Jewish Magic versus Jewish Religion and the ancient synagogue
    • Coins as apotropaic devices
    • Are the coins “foundation deposits”?
    • Tithing money
    • Why “magico-religious” coins?
    • Coin Agency
    • Who was involved in the placement of these coins?
    • Characteristics of Magico-Religious deposits
    • Deposits categorized as magico-religious deposits
    • Dating the tithing phenomenon
    • Placing the tithing phenomenon
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Useful Information
    • Roman and Byzantine Emporers and Rulers
    • Coin Catalogue Abbreviations
  • Abstract
  • About me

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