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Aphrodisias ("God-fearers" inscription)

Geyre, Aydın, Turkey · Wider Abrahamic world

37.709, 28.724

Attested. The inscription is primary. Its date (c. 200 vs 4th–5th c.) is disputed (Chaniotis 2002).

Aphrodisias ("God-fearers" inscription)
The Temple of Aphrodite, built in the Ionic order in stages during the Roman period (from 1st century BC to 2nd century AD) and later converted into a Christian basilica, Aphrodisias, Caria, Turkey CC BY-SA 2.0Source page

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A donor list on a stele names Jews, proselytes and about 54 theosebeis ('God-fearers'), many of them gentile councillors. It is the clearest evidence of a gentile class attached to synagogues, like the 'God-fearers' of Acts.

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