Origins of the Synagogue the Term Paper

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In the Gospel of Luke, it cites that Jesus came to Nazareth and according to tradition entered into the synagogue on the sabbath day and read from Isaiah, and throughout the gospel notes that Jesus "preached in the synagogues of Glalilee" (Luke pp 98). According to Kerry Shirts, synagogues "are mentioned among both Nephites and the Lamanites under dissident Nephite influence (Alma 21:4-5; 32:1-12; Helaman 3:9, 14; Moroni 7:1)" (Shirts pp). M
any scholars have maintained that synagogues were not known among the Jews until well after Lehi had left Palestine, yet others argue that the synagogue predated Lehi's departure and propose that when King Josiah carried out his sweeping reforms he closed the old sanctuaries (Shirts pp).

Outside of Solomon's Temple, there is probably no more important institution in Judaism than the synagogue, however the exact origin of the synagogue is lost in.....

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