Synagogue in the Agora of Athens

Former ancient synagogue in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece

Synagogue in the Agora of Athens

Religion
Affiliation| Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status| Synagogue (267-396 CE)
Status| Ruins
Location
Location| Ancient Agora of Athens (now modern-day Athens)
Country| Greece

Location of the former synagogue in Athens

Geographic coordinates| 37°58′29″N 23°43′20″E﻿ / ﻿37.9747°N 23.7222°E﻿ / 37.9747; 23.7222
Architecture
Type| Synagogue architecture
Completed| c. 267 CE
Materials| Pentelic marble

The Synagogue in the Agora of Athens is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, that was located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, in modern-day Greece.

During an excavation in the summer of 1977, a piece of Pentelic marble apparently once part of a curvilinear frieze over a doorway or niche was discovered a few meters from the northeast corner of the Metroon.[1] The marble fragment is incised with the images of a seven-branched Menorah and a Lulav, or palm branch.[2] The synagogue is thought to date from the period between 267 and 396 CE.[1]

## Biblical reference

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The apostle Paul is said in the Book of Acts to have visited a synagogue in Athens.[3] The identity of that synagogue cannot be firmly established.[4]

## See also

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* Greece portal
* Judaism portal

* History of the Jews in Greece
* Oldest synagogues in the world

## References

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1. ^ a b Urman, Dan; McCracken Flesher, Paul Virgil (1998). Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery. BRILL. pp. 125ff.
2. ^ Hachlili, Rachel (1998). Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Diaspora. BRILL. p. 323.
3. ^ Acts 17:17
4. ^ Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (1988). The Book of the Acts. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 329.

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