Art, history, and the historiography of Judaism in Roman antiquity / by Steven Fine.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fine, Steven, author.

Series:

• Brill reference library of Judaism ; 1571-5000 volume 34.
• Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; volume 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Judaism--Rome--Historiography.

Physical Description:

xvii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity explores the complex interplay between visual culture, texts, and their interpretations, arguing for an open-ended and self-aware approach to understanding Jewish culture from the first century CE through the rise of Islam. The essays assembled here range from the "thick description" of Josephus's portrayal of Bezalel son of Uri as a Roman architect through the inscriptions of the Dura Europos synagogue, Jewish reflections on Caligula in color, the polychromy of the Jerusalem temple, new-old approaches to the zodiac, and to the Christian destruction of ancient synagogues. Taken together, these essays suggest a humane approach to the history of the Jews in an age of deep and long-lasting transitions-both in antiquity, and in our own time. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1 "See, I Have Called the Renowned Name of Bezalel, Son of Uri...": Josephus's Portrayal of the Biblical "Architect" 21
• 2 A Note on Ossuary Burial and the Resurrection of the Dead in First-Century Jerusalem 37
• 3 Caligula and the Jews: Some Historiographic Reflections Occasioned by Gaius in Polychrome 51
• 4 "When I Went to Rome... There I Saw the Menorah": The Jerusalem Temple Implements in Rabbinic Memory, History, and Myth 63
• 5 Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity 87
• 6 Jewish Identity at the Cusp of Empires: The Jews of Dura Europos between Rome and Persia 101
• 7 "Epigraphical" Study Houses in Late Antique Palestine: A Second Look 123
• 8 Furnishing God's Study House: An Exercise in Rabbinic Imagination 139
• 9 The Jewish Helios: A Modest Proposal Regarding the Sun God and the Zodiac on Late Antique Synagogue Mosaics 161
• 10 Between Liturgy and Social History: Priestly Power in Late Antique Palestinian Synagogues? 181
• 11 The Menorah and the Cross: Historiographic Reflections on a Recent Discovery from Laodicea on the Lycus 195
• 12 Jews and Judaism under Byzantium and Islam 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9789004238169
• 9004238166
• 9789004238176
• 9004238174

OCLC:

855209568