Guide
Early Inscriptions Referring to the Synagogue as “Holy Place"
3rd–7th Centuries
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Aramaic Inscription from Ḥammat Tiberias, Lower Galilee
May peace be upon anyone who has offered charity in this holy place and anyone who will offer charity may he be blessed. Amen, Amen, Selah, and for myself Amen.
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Aramaic Inscription from Na‘aran, Jordan Valley
Remembered for good Ḥalifu, daughter of Rabbi Safrah, who supported this holy place. Amen.
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Greek Inscription from Gaza
Menaḥem and Yeshua, sons of the late Isai/Issi, wood merchants, as a sign of thanks for the most holy place, this mosaic [we] have donated in the month of Loos [July–August], 569 [of the era of Gaza =…