A Samaritan Synagogue of the Byzantine Period at Apollonia-Arsuf/Sozousa?

Abstract

This article is a follow-up on an earlier publication of a bi-lingual Greek-Samaritan inscription discovered at the site of Apollonia-Arsuf (Sozousa) in Area P1 in 2014. It presents the yet unpublished results of an additional season of excavations carried out in 2015 around the structure where the inscription was unearthed. This season of excavations aimed at locating the remains of a presumed Samaritan synagogue building that, in our view, musts have housed this bi-lingual Greek-Samaritan inscription.

Keywords

• palestine
• byzantine
• samaritans
• synagogue
• εἷς θεὸς μόνος