"This book is based on my doctoral thesis"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Copyright Page / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Preface / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Abbreviations / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Epigraphic Symbols / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Maps of the Hispanojewish World / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Introduction / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Part 1 Introducing Jewish Hispania -- Chapter 1 Jews in Iberia, Out of History / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 2 Jewish Voices from Stone: Jewish Epigraphy and Its Art from Hispania / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 3 Jews from Their Objects: Ergology and Sites from Late Antique Hispania / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 4 The Elche Basin and Water Installations in Iberian Peninsula Synagogues / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 5 The Early Middle Ages: Dawn of Classical Sepharad / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Part 2 The Ilici Basilical Synagogue Building -- Chapter 6 Archaeological Research in the Elche Basilical Building and Its Sources / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 7 Stratigraphic Sequencing and Architectural Features of Area B / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 8 Description and Stratigraphic Sequencing of Area S ("Sacristía") / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 9 South of the "Basilica": Areas T and C / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 10 The Northeastern "Palace" (Area P) / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 11 Interpreting the Ilici Synagogue / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Chapter 12 Epilogue / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Back Matter -- Annex A Areas and Codes / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Annex B Codification / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Annex C Stratigraphic Unit Catalogue / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Annex D Relation between the Re-excavation Catalogue of Materials and the Catalogue of Items from the Alcudia de Elche / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Annex E Isometric Plan and Reconstruction / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Archival Documents / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Ancient References / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Bibliography / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Indexes / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser -- Plates / Author: Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser.

"In Hispanojewish Archaeology, Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser provides the first book-length archaeological exploration of the Jewish presence in late antique and early medieval Hispania. Using epigraphic, numismatic, architectural, and other archaeological remains, this volume describes the multiple cultural expressions of a vibrant Jewish community that emerged as part of the Mediterranean Diaspora, becoming part of the wider Hispanian society. Part of this review includes a detailed examination of the Ilici (Elche, Spain) basilical building, interpreted by previous scholars as both a church and a synagogue, using published and hitherto unpublished material of its decades-long excavation. From the archaeological remains of this Hispanojewish presence a new picture emerges, challenging the traditional premises of the archaeological research on the late antique western Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher.

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