Editing Synagogue (section)

===Archaeological finds===
Ancient Samaritan synagogues are mentioned by literary sources or have been found by archaeologists in the Diaspora, in the wider Holy Land, and specifically in Samaria.<ref name="Pummer"/>

====Diaspora====
* [[Delos Synagogue]]: a Samaritan inscription has been dated to between 250 and 175&nbsp;BCE.<ref name="Pummer"/>
* [[Rome]] and [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]]: ancient literature offers hints that Samaritan synagogues may have existed in these cities between the fourth and sixth centuries CE.<ref name="Pummer"/>
* [[Thessaloniki]] and [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]: short inscriptions found there and using the Samaritan and Greek alphabet may originate from Samaritan synagogues.<ref name="Pummer"/>

====The wider Holy Land====
* Synagogue of [[Salbit]] (now [[Sha'alvim]]), excavated by [[Eleazar Sukenik]] in 1949 northwest of Jerusalem. It was about {{convert|8 by 15.5|m}} in size, was two stories tall, and was oriented towards Mount Gerizim. Two mosaics remain, one atop the other; one contained the Samaritan version of the [[Song of the Sea]] in Exodus 15:18.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reich |first1=Ronny |title=The Plan of the Samaritan Synagogue at Sha'alvim |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |date=1994 |volume=44 |issue=3/4 |pages=228–233 |jstor=27926350  |issn=0021-2059}}</ref> It was probably built in the 4th or 5th century and destroyed in the 5th or 6th.<ref name="Pummer"/>
* The synagogue at [[Tell Qasile]], which was built at the beginning of the seventh century.<ref name="Pummer"/>
* Synagogue A at [[Beisan]] was a room added to an existing building in the late 6th or early 7th century and served as a Samaritan synagogue.<ref name="Pummer"/> Beisan is famous for Synagogue B, the [[Beth Alpha]] synagogue, which faced Jerusalem and was not a Samaritan synagogue.

====Samaria====
* El-Khirbe synagogue, discovered c. 3&nbsp;km from [[Sebastia, Nablus|Sebaste]], was built in the 4th century CE and remained in use into the Early Islamic period, with a break during the late 5th–early 6th century<ref name="Pummer"/>
* [[Khirbet Samara]] synagogue, c. 20&nbsp;km northwest of [[Nablus]] and built in the 4th century CE<ref name="Pummer"/>
* Zur Natan synagogue, c. 29&nbsp;km west of Nablus and built in the 5th century CE<ref name="Pummer"/>