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

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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology / Steven Fine.
Author
Fine, Steven.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Description
xvii, 267 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and indexes.
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.
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*PVP+ 06-382
ISBN
  • 0521844916 (hardback)
  • 139780521844918 (hardback) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2004019667
  • 9780521844918
OCLC
56356180
Author
Fine, Steven.
Title
Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology / Steven Fine.
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and indexes.
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*PVP+ 06-382
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