#156 The Rise of the Synagogue in Jewish Life

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Paul Vogelzang

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🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Rise of the Synagogue in Jewish Life

Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

According to the New Testament, Jesus and Paul preached in synagogues. But two thousand years ago, the Jerusalem Temple was the focal point of the Jewish religion. Our guest today, Jodi Magness, an archaeologist who specializes in ancient Palestine, explores the origins of the synagogue and how it became a prominent part of religious Jewish life in the centuries after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 A.D. She discusses synagogues in the time of Jesus and illuminates the surprising pagan motifs, such as Helios and the zodiac cycle, which decorate ancient synagogue buildings in the Holy Land.

Magness is credited for a "once in a lifetime find" in the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel's Galilee.

Check out our intreview with Dr. Jodi Magness, and don't miss this excellent Smithsonian Associates program. For more information, click HERE, or add this link to your browser menu bar: https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/the-rise-of-the-synagogue-in-jewish-life

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Not Old Better Show. I'm your host Paul Vogel-Zang.
0:10.0	As part of our Smithsonian Associates,
0:12.0	Art and Living Series,
0:13.0	our guest today on the Not Old Better Show
0:15.0	is Dr. Jody Magnus.
0:16.0	Dr. Magnus is one of those incredibly
0:19.0	interesting people that we get to hear from
0:20.0	on the Not Old Better show.
0:22.0	Dr. Magnus is an archaeologist, is president of the Archaeological
0:26.3	Institute of America, and Dr. Magnus is a religious study scholar who specializes in ancient Palestine and life in the time of Jesus.
0:35.0	The series of lectures that I'm giving is on the rise of the synagogue up to the Muslim
0:39.5	conquest of Palestine in the 7th century
0:43.0	a.
0:44.0	Along the way we're going to be looking at topics such as what did
0:48.0	synagogues look like in the time of Jesus
0:50.0	and we will be spending a lot of time discussing the very interesting figured
0:56.7	decoration that is found in many ancient synagogues.
0:59.7	That of course is our guest today Dr Jody Magnus who will be at the Smithsonian
1:03.6	Associates program presenting a day-long series about the rise of the synagogue in
1:07.8	Jewish life Saturday, February 24th 2018, 930 a.m. at the Ripley Center in Washington DC. Please join me in
1:14.9	welcoming to the not-old-better show via Skype Dr. Jody Magnus. Well Dr
1:18.6	Jody Magnus, thanks so much for joining us today. Well thank you for having me.
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