Israeli Archaeologists Find Synagogue in Galilee From Jesus' Time
The discovery of a 2,00-year-old synagogue in the Galilee region is offering a new window into life during Jesus’ time.
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The discovery of a 2,00-year-old synagogue in the Galilee region is offering a new window into life during Jesus’ time.
Never before have two synagogues been found in the ancient towns of the Galilee dating to the Second Temple era. The new discovery seems to have served the Magdala industrial zone
The building is the second synagogue from the time uncovered in Migdal, a prominent Jewish settlement that was also the main base of Flavius Josephus, historian and anti-Roman rebel commander.
Archaeologists says existence of two houses of worship in same town shows need for religious social focal point other than the existing Temple in Jerusalem