80 George Dahl, 



ANTIQUITIES XIX, 6:3, 4a« . 

 Toward the beginning of the reign of Agrippa I (41-44 A. D.) 

 we learn of the existence of a Jewish synagogue in Dor. A mob 

 of young men carried a statue of Caesar into this synagogue and 

 set it up there. Agrippa had of course no authority in Dor, which 

 had remained under the rule of the Roman governor of Syria. 

 Accordingly, he complained to Publius Petronius, who was then at 

 the head of affairs in the province of Syria'. According to 

 Josephus' story, Petronius thereupon wrote a letter to the magis- 

 trates of Dor, reminding them of the liberties granted to the Jews 

 by Claudius, and commanding them to discover and punish those 

 guilty of this act of impiety. This letter, together with the record 

 of the incident, is contained in Ant. XIX, 6 : 3, 4a« : 



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' P. Petronius was governor 39-42 A. D. (Riggs, Hist, of the Jeivish People, 

 see Chart.) 



