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Sardis synagogue
Sart, Manisa, Turkey · Wider Abrahamic world
38.488, 28.040
Attested. Attested (Harvard–Cornell excavations). The date when the hall became a synagogue (3rd vs 4th c.) is debated.
This photograph shows the modern city, or the Wikipedia lead subject, rather than the ancient site itself.
This is the largest ancient diaspora synagogue known, a converted wing of a Roman bath-gymnasium complex in the city centre. Its more than 80 donor inscriptions include city councillors. Melito of Sardis' sermon On Pascha, with its harsh anti-Jewish passages, came from the same city (Part A hb-sardis-melito).
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Melito of Sardis
Sources
- Sardis Synagogue (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Sardis/Hyde? (Pleiades place 550867)
Pleiades Gazetteer (CC BY 3.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.