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Donfried and Richardson, Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome (962 words) |
 | The first group of essays is important in terms of establishing the basis of Jewish material remains in Rome and Ostia. |
| Noteworthy is his attention to the five synagogues that he places in the late first century BCE and the beginning of the first century CE, with especial focus on the synagogue possibly named for Herod the Great. |
| First, many of the essays reveal assumptions, conjectures and hypotheses that themselves are necessarily subject to investigation in their Roman context: from the nature of the Claudian expulsion to the strategy of the Pauline mission. |
| Zippori (1012 words) |
| The city of Zippori (Sepphoris), described by the first century CE Jewish historian, Josephus Flavius, as "the ornament of all Galilee," is located on a hill in the Lower Galilee, midway between the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), with abundant spring water and a fertile valley around it. |
| Zippori is mentioned in many Jewish sources of the first centuries of the common era. |
| Under Crusader rule during the 12th century, a small watchtower and a church (dedicated to Anne and Joachim, parents of Mary, mother of Jesus) were built on the city's hilltop. |
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