In honor of eminent archaeologist and historian of ancient Jewish art, Rachel Hachlili, friends and colleagues offer contributions in this festschrift which span the world of ancient Judaism both in Palestine and the Diaspora. Hachlili's distinctive research interests: synagogues, burial sites, and Jewish iconography receive particular attention in the volume. Archaeologists and historians present new material evidence from Galilee, Jerusalem, and Transjordan, contributing to the honoree's fields of scholarly study. Fresh analyses of ancient Jewish art, essays on architecture, historical geography, and research history complete the volume and make it an enticing kaleidoscope of the vibrant field of scholarship that owes so much to Rachel.

Table of Contents Preface: Ann E. Killebrew, Gabriele Fassbeck and Steven Fine, Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology: The Contribution of Rachel Hachlili 1. Mordechai Aviam, Two Groups of Non-Figurative Jewish Sarcophagi from Galilee 2. Gideon Avni and Boaz Zissu, The "Tomb of the Prophets" on the Mount of Olives: A Re-Examination 3. John W. Betlyon and Ann E. Killebrew, A Fourth-Century CE Coin Hoard from the Qasrin Village 4. Estee Dvorjetski, Public Health in Ancient Palestine: Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Lavatories 5. Gabriele Fassbeck, "The Longer, the More Happiness I Derive from This Undertaking": James Simon and Early German Research into Galilee's Ancient Synagogues 6. Steven Fine, The Open Torah Ark: A Regional Iconographic Type in Late Antique Rome and Sardis 7. Zvi Gal, Tamra: A Late Byzantine-Early Islamic Village in the Eastern Lower Galilee 8. Rivka Gersht and Peter Gendelman, The Amphora and the Krater in Ancient Jewish Art in the Land of Israel 9. Malka Hershkovitz, Local Jewish Oil Lamps of the Second to First Centuries BCE 10. Amos Kloner and Sherry Whetstone, A Burial Complex and Ossuaries of the Second Temple Period on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 11. Nikos Kokkinos, An Approach to Herodian Peraea 12. Eric C. Lapp, A Jewish Oil Lamp Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba, Jordan) 13. Lee I. Levine, Israelite Art in Context 14. Gabriel Mazor, Imperial Cult in the Decapolis: Nysa-Scythopolis as a Test Case 15. Carol L. Meyers and Eric M. Meyers, Images and Identity: Menorah Representations at Sepphoris 16. David Milson, Some Observations on the "Bema" Platforms in the Ancient Synagogues of Beth Alpha, Chorazin, and Susiya 17. Ronny Reich, Some Notes of the Miqva'ot and Cisterns at Qumran 18. Arthur Segal, Rome, Jerusalem, and the Colosseum