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Shaye J. D. Cohen, “Epigraphical Rabbis,” Jewish Quarterly Review 72 (1981), pp. 1–17.

See Carol Kramer, Village Archaeology: Rural Iran in Archaeological Perspective (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1982), pp. 84–116.

The Byzantine period refers to the Roman empire under Christian rule. It began in the mid-fourth century C.E. In Palestine, it ended with the Arab conquest in the mid-seventh century C.E.

See Yizhar Hirschfeld, Palestinian Dwelling-Houses in the Roman and Byzantine Periods (Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute, 1987 [in Hebrew]), forthcoming in English. For additional evidence regarding dwelling houses of the Roman and Byzantine periods in the Golan, see Claudine Dauphin, “Jewish and Christian Communities in the Roman and Byzantine Gaulanitis A Study of Evidence from Archaeological Surveys,” Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 1982, pp. 129–142.

Architect L. Belkin planned the reconstruction of the village houses.

The ancient name of this village is unknown. The modern name is based on the Arabic designation for this locale, Qisrin. The most recent excavations in the Qatzrin synagogue were directed by Rachel Hachlili, Zvi Ma’oz and Ann Killebrew from 1982 to 1984.

J. Boessneck, “Die Hundeskellete von Isan Bahriyat (Isin) aus der Zeit um 1000 v. Chr.,” in B. Hrouda, et al. (eds.) Isin—Isûan Bahriµyaµt I: Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 1973–1974 (Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1977), pp. 97–109.

A. Livingstone, “The Isin ‘Dog House’ Revisited,” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 40 (1988), pp. 54–60.

McGuire Gibson, “Nippur, 1990: The Temple of Gula and a Glimpse of Things to Come,” Oriental Institute Annual Report (Chicago: Oriental Inst. Press, 1990), pp. 17–26.