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

Author/creator Fine, Steven
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-252) and indexes.
LCCN 2004019667
ISBN0521844916 (hardback)

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