Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world
Subtitle: toward a new Jewish archaeology
By: Steven Fine.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism; Synagogue art; Synagogue architecture; Judaism and art -- History -- To 1500; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425; Archaeology and religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-252) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: The old-new land: "Jewish archaeology" and the Zionist narrative; title: Archaeology and the search for "non-rabbinic Judaism"; title: Art history: transmitting Jewish artlessness to new generations; title: Toward a new "Jewish archaeology": methodological reflections; title: Art and identity in latter Second Temple period Judaism: the Hasmonean royal tombs at Modi'in; title: Art and identity in late antique Palestine: the Na'aran synagogue; title: Art and identity in diaspora communities in late antiquity: from Nehardea to Rome; title: Between Rome and Jerusalem: the date palm as a "Jewish symbol"; title: "The lamps of Israel": the menorah as a Jewish symbol; title: The Dura Europos synagogue and its liturgical parchment; title: Synagogue mosaics and liturgy in the land of Israel; title: Sanctity and the art of ancient synagogues.