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[kpdonfried <kpdonfried AT amherst.edu>]

Mark,

I had overlooked Levine and found his discussion most helpful.

Many thanks,
Karl


"Mark D. Nanos" wrote:

> on 8/12/02 12:42 PM, kpdonfried at kpdonfried AT amherst.edu wrote:
>
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > In Acts 18:8 Crispus is referred to as “archisunagogos” and in v. 17
> > Sosthenes is similarly described.  Was there only one “archisunagogos”
> > at a time or were Crispus and Sosthenes part of a group leadership of
> > the synagogue in Corinth?  Both positions are asserted without
> > compelling evidence.  Speaking against Bruce, Barrett, etc. that there
> > could simultaneously be more than one “archisunagogos”, Luedemann has
> > written (PAUL, APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES, 185n.52) that “Jewish
> > prescriptions, however, preclude this possibility.  See Bill., 4:145ff.
> > The plural in Acts 13:15 is not a counter argument and, further, is not
> > the only example of Luke’s ignorance of Jewish prescriptions.”
> >
> > Do any of you have data that would allow us to decide this issue with
> > some degree of probability?
>
> Karl,
> I believe the reference in Acts you note is the only literary reference
> raising this point, until later Christian and pagan sources may at points
> indicate plurality, but it is not clear. Based on epigraphic data, at
> Apamea, Ilasios (an archisynagogue in Antioch) honored three
> archisynagogues; a building was restored in Acmonia together by two
> archisynagogues and an archon. The evidence from literature and epigraphs
> provides the basis for broad generalities about this office, which may have
> varied from place to place and time to time, and is mostly attested in
> Graeco-Roman contexts under this label. The epigraphs noted above are
> referred to in B. Lifshitz, Donateurs et fondateurs dans les synagogues
> juives, nos. 38 and 33. A good discussion of the evidence is available in
> Lee Levine, The Ancient Synagogue, pp. 390-402.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
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