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Eshtemoa synagogue
The Eshtemoa Synagogue, located 15 km south of Hebron in as-Samu, West Bank, refers to the remains of an ancient Jewish synagogue dating from around the 4th–5th century CE.
==History==
Eshtemoa, identified as modern as-Samu, was an ancient city named in the Bible (). During Roman and Byzantine period, Eshtemoa was described as a large Jewish village.
The remains of the synagogue were identified by L. A. Mayer and A. Reifenberg in 1934. In 1969–70, a full excavation of the site revealed that the building occupied the most prominent site in the village. It was built in "broadhouse" style without columns and measured by . Entry was by any of three doors along its eastern side and one of the three niches recessed into the northern wall functioned as the Torah Ark. The building housed a mosaic floor and displayed external ornamental carvings.〔 Four seven-branched ''menorahs'' were discovered carved onto door lintels and one of them is displayed in Jerusalem's Rockefeller Museum.
After the Muslim conquest, the synagogue was converted into a mosque and a ''mihrab'' was added.〔 The western wall is still standing to a height of .〔 Many architectural elements of the building have been reused in the modern village.〔Raphael Greenberg, Adi Keinan. (Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007: A Sourcebook ), Ostracon 2009. pg. 136. ISBN 978-965-91468-0-2.〕
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