Guide
Archon
1st–4th Centuries
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Jesus and the Archon
Luke 8:40–42
Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to…
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Aramaic Inscription Painted on Ceiling Tiles from Dura-Europos, Syria
This building was erected in the year five hundred and fifty-six, which is the second year of Philip Julius Caesar, during the presbyterate of Samuel the priest, son of Yedaya the archon. Now those…
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Greek Inscriptions from Rome
Here lies Pomponius, the twice archon of the Calcaresian synagogue. He lived 60 years. In peace his sleep.
Source: JIWE 2.165
Here lies Proclus, arc…
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Leadership of the Early Synagogue
1st–7th Centuries