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  • From: Edgar Krentz <ekrentz AT lstc.edu>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: synagogues) in Thessalonika
  • Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:24:43 -0500


>At the risk of showing my ignorance here, is there any archaeological
>evidence that backs up the claim in Acts 17:1 that there was at least
>one synagogue in Thessalonika in mid first cent. CE? Any documentation
>of a Jewish presence in the city? And if so, any indication of just how
>large/influential it was?
>
>Yours,
>
>Jeffrey
>--
>Jeffrey B. Gibson
>7423 N. Sheridan Road #2A
>Chicago, Illinois 60626
>e-mail jgibson000 AT ameritech.net

To my knowledge none! There is eveidence, from the second century, of a
Samaritan presence. The person to contact about this is either Holland
Hendrix or Helmut Koester.



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