Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology / Steven Fine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fine, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish art and symbolism.

Synagogue art.

Synagogue architecture.

Judaism and art--History--To 1500.

Judaism and art.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Archaeology and religion.

Physical Description:

xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-252) and indexes.

ISBN:

0521844916

OCLC:

56356180

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