Proseuchē Inscription, Alexandria, Egypt
This dedicatory inscription comes from a proseuchē (“house of prayer” or “prayer hall”). Many scholars see the Egyptian proseuchai as forerunners to later synagogues.
Credits
From Catalogue générale des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée d’Alexandrie (Cairo: Primerie de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 1911), p. 353.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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