Statement

According to Goodman, for most Jews nothing in a synagogue rivaled Temple sacrificial worship; communal prayer was valued, especially far from Jerusalem, yet no one yet thought such prayer might substitute for sacrifice, since Moses' law had not clearly decreed it.

References

1. p. 70

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   Goodman. A History of Judaism. Penguin / Allen Lane, 2018. London: Allen Lane / Penguin Books, 2018.

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