This study is a re-assessment of the impact of Christian art and architecture on synagogues in Late Antique Palestine, focussing on features common to both churches and synagogues. Why did radical changes appear in Jewish art and architecture during a period of competition with Christians?

David Milson received his doctorate from Oxford University in 2002. He is presently a lecturer at Ariel College, Israel, and working as a researcher at the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem. Dr. Milson is the surveyor for the renewed excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem, and worked on various excavations, among them Tel Dan. He has published numerous articles on both churches and synagogues.