Excavations at Ancient Nabratein: Synagogue and Environs

by Eric M. Meyers and Carol L. Meyers

The site of Nabratein is situated on a remote promontory in an extensive pine forest northeast of Safed. This report is the sixth and final volume of the Meiron Excavation Project. The discovery in 1981 of the pediment of a Holy Ark from the Nabratein synagogue coincided with the release of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. That coincidence brought much unanticipated press coverage to the expedition and its senior staff, even though we insisted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575061627
• ISBN13: 9781575061627
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.3"