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Inside the Huqoq Synagogue

By Jodi Magness, Shua Kisilevitz, Matthew J. Grey, Dennis Mizzi, Karen Britt, Ra‘anan Boustan

Season after season, archaeologists have uncovered stunning mosaics at Huqoq’s synagogue in Galilee. From Biblical scenes to the first historical episode ever found in a synagogue, the mosaics’ themes never cease to amaze and surprise. Join us on a tour of the Huqoq synagogue—with its vivid mosaics and much more!

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Footnotes

1. See David Amit, “Mosaic Inscription from a Synagogue at Horvat Huqoq,” Bible History Daily (blog), January 2, 2013.

Endnotes

1.
For interim reports, see Jodi Magness et al., “Huqoq (Lower Galilee) and Its Synagogue Mosaics: Preliminary Report on the Excavations of 2011–2013,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 27 (2014), pp. 327–355; Jodi Magness et al., “The Huqoq Excavation Project: 2014–2017 Interim Report,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 380 (2018), pp. 61–131. Also visit the excavation’s website at huqoq.web.unc.edu.

2.
For a discussion of Samson’s significance, see Matthew J. Grey, “‘The Redeemer to Arise from the House of Dan’: Samson, Apocalypticism, and Messianic Hopes in Late Antique Galilee,” Journal for the Study of Judaism 44 (2013), pp. 553–589.

3.
See Karen Britt and Ra’anan Boustan, The Elephant Mosaic Panel in the Synagogue at Huqoq: Official Publication and Initial Interpretations, Supplementary Series 106 (Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2017).

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The following institutions are consortium members of the Huqoq Excavation Project: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Austin College (TX); Baylor University; Brigham Young University; and the University of Toronto. We gratefully acknowledge the funding provided during the 2011–2017 excavation seasons by the consortium members; the Kenan Charitable Trust; the National Geographic Society Expeditions Council and Waitt Grants Program; the Loeb Classical Library Foundation; the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies; the International Catacomb Society; Dumbarton Oaks; the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture; the Foundation for Biblical Archaeology; and numerous individual donors.