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A Synagogue in Limyra?

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2013
This preliminary excavation report brings to the attention of the scholarly public the discovery of a building with two menorot reliefs and a water installation in Limyra (Asia Minor) from the late antique/early Byzantine period.
Seyer, Martin, Lotz, Helmut
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A Building with Jewish Elements in Limyra/Turkey - A Synagogue?

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2014
This article gives a preliminary excavation report about a building in the Lycian city of Limyra and the finds which were made in it. In the north-east corner of the building – the only part excavated so far – one room was equipped with a marble wall revetment and windows with glass of at least four different colors.
Seyer, Martin, Lotz, Helmut
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The Legal Context of the Findings of Limyra

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2014
This article surveys both canon and imperial law for legislation regarding Jews and Judaism until the 8th cent. C. E. Judaism was recognized by Roman law as a religio licita and Jewish rights were thus protected. But with the rise of Christianity to the official religion of the Roman empire imperial legislation disadvantaged Jews increasingly ...
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Some Remarks on the So-Called Synagogue in Limyra

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2014
This article represents a second response to the preliminary excavation report by Seyer and Lotz. It offers a short overview of the history and architecture of Limyra in late antique and Byzantine times with a special focus on early Christian monuments. Pülz regards the time from the 5th through the 6th cent.
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Die Felsgraber vol Limyra in Lykien

2021
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The Menorahs of Limyra in Jewish Art and Visual Culture

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2014
This article describes first the discovery and identification of Jewish buildings and artifacts in Asia Minor. Subsequently it addresses the classification of the Limyra menorah-slabs. At the end, it asks for a possible origin of the menorah plaques in another building in Limyra and lists iconographic parallels for them.
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Zwei Turmgehöfte in der Chora von Limyra

Anatolia Antiqua, 1997
Konecny Andreas. Zwei Turmgehofte in der Chora von Limyra. In: Anatolia Antiqua, Tome 5, 1997. pp. 101-121.
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The sculpture of the Heroon of Perikle at Limyra: the making of a Lycian king

Anatolian Studies, 2013
AbstractAs one of the many monumental tombs of fourth-century BC Anatolia, the Heroon of Perikle at Limyra is usually overshadowed by the earlier and better preserved Nereid Monument of Xanthos. Its owner, Perikle, is seen as either a mediocre pro-Achaemenid dynast or a fan of his namesake, the Athenian strategos, a view reflected in previous ...
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Late Roman Pottery in Limyra (Lycia)

2003
Eisenmenger Ursula. Late Roman Pottery in Limyra (Lycia). In: Les céramiques en Anatolie aux époques hellénistiques et romaines. Actes de la Table Ronde d’Istanbul, 23-24 mai 1996. Istanbul : Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes-Georges Dumézil, 2003. pp. 193-196. (Varia Anatolica, 15)
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Was It a Synagogue? Preliminary Thoughts on the New Finds from Limyra

Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2014
This article represents a response to the excavation report by Seyer and Lotz. Weiss discusses the location of the Limyra building within the city as well as its building constructions and its raw materials. Weiss compares the Limyra building with diaspora synagogues with regard to its architectural layout and orientation as well as with regard to the ...
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