Series Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Summary
Özet
Abbreviations
Chronology
Part I. Introduction
1. The Site and the Setting
2. Discovery and Excavation
1962–1965, by David Gordon Mitten?
1966–1973, by Andrew Seager
1973–2021, by Andrew Seager
2021–Present, by Michael Morris
3. The Location of the Synagogue
The Area in the Lydian, Persian, and Hellenistic Periods
The Area as Part of the Bath-Gymnasium Complex and Environs.
4. The Building and Its History
Plan of the Synagogue
Phases in the History of the Synagogue Building
Part II. The Physical Remains
5. The Entrance Areas
East Road Portico
Marble Road Portico and Shops
Plaza and Related Features
6. Forecourt
Major Walls
Ambulatory
Peristyle
Court
Foyer
7. Main Hall
Major Walls
Apse
Piers
Clerestory and Roof
Floors
Shrines
Part III. Building History
8. Floors and Terracing Fill
Makeup for the Mosaics: Layer A
The Floor in Phase 2: Layer B
Terracing Fill: Layer C
Pre-Roman Levels
9. Foundations
Phase 1 Foundations
Phase 2 Foundations
Later Foundations
10. Phases of Construction
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Later Alterations
Part IV. Interior Decoration and Furnishings
11. Floor Mosaics (by Lawrence J. Majewski† and Marcus Rautman)
Main Hall
Forecourt
East Road Portico
A Tradition in Time
12. Furnishings
Four-Pillared Structure
Eagle Table
Addorsed Lions
Cylindrical Monument, (by Bahadır Yıldırım)
Menorot
Furniture
Small Architectural Elements
Catalog of Furnishings and Fixtures
13. Wall Decoration (by Vanessa Rousseau)
Apse
Main Hall
Skoutlosis
Wall Mosaics
The Forecourt
Wall Painting
Conclusion
Catalog of Decoration and Ornamentation
Part V. Later History
14. Alterations and Deterioration in Later Periods
While the Synagogue Was in Operation
When the Building No Longer Served as a Synagogue
15. Abandonment and Destruction
Part VI. Cultural Contexts
16. For the Glory of the Holy House:
The Sardis Synagogue and the History of Judaism in Roman Antiquity (by Steven Fine)
History of Scholarship
Entering the “Holy House” of Sardis
The Size of the Sardis Synagogue
Euergetism in the “Holy House”
Menorot at Sardis
Ritual within the “Holy House”
The Sardis Synagogue and Imperial Christianity
Catalog of Inscriptions
The Greek Inscriptions, (by John H. Kroll)
The Hebrew Inscriptions, (by Frank M. Cross and Steven Fine)
Catalog of Objects
Appendix 1. Aspects of Construction
Appendix 2. Reconstruction
Appendix 3. The Coins under the Floors of the Synagogue (by Jane DeRose Evans)
List of Excavated Contexts
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Concordances of Sardis Inventory Numbers
Index
Foldouts 1–7