Evidence Entity

Theodotus Synagogue Inscription

Greek dedicatory inscription from Jerusalem describing a synagogue built for reading the Law, teaching commandments, and accommodating visitors. It is direct epigraphic evidence for synagogue institutions in late Second-Temple Jerusalem.

InscriptionINSCRIPTION_THEODOTUS_SYNAGOGUE

Datelate 1st century BCE–before 70 CEbroad paleographic/historical range retained conservatively

LanguageGreek

Evidence classificationdocumented fact

Research links1explicit graph relationships

Jewish contextGreco-Roman context

Identifiers

IAAS 842

CIJII 1404

Provenance note

Found by Raymond Weill in Jerusalem in the 1913–1914 excavation season; modern institutional records document the object and translation/context.

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Historical / contextual links

Has Passage Evidence RecordActs 6:9 — Jerusalem synagogue functions in the Theodotus inscriptiondocumented fact

Evidence boundary: The inscription demonstrates a synagogue and some of its stated functions in Jerusalem. Proposed identification with a specific synagogue mentioned in Acts is an additional interpretation and is not asserted by this catalog record.