Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology

1. Verfasser: Fine, Steven
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 267 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Building an ancient synagogue on the Delaware: Philadelphia's Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue and constructions of Jewish art at the turn of the twentieth century
  • The old-new land: "Jewish archaeology" and the Zionist narrative
  • Archaeology and the search for "non-rabbinic Judaism"
  • Art history: transmitting Jewish artlessness to new generations
  • Toward a new "Jewish archaeology": methodological reflections
  • Art and identity in latter Second Temple period Judaism: the Hasmonean royal tombs at Modi'in
  • Art and identity in late antique Palestine: the Na'aran synagogue
  • Art and identity in diaspora communities in late antiquity: from Nehardea to Rome
  • Between Rome and Jerusalem: the date palm as a "Jewish symbol"
  • "The lamps of Israel": the menorah as a Jewish symbol
  • The Dura Europos synagogue and its liturgical parchment
  • Synagogue mosaics and liturgy in the land of Israel
  • Sanctity and the art of ancient synagogues.