Art And Architecture Of The Synagogue In Late Antique Palestine

Author : David William Milson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047418719

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Art and Architecture of the Synagogue in Late Antique Palestine by David William Milson Pdf

This study is a re-assessment of the impact of Christian art and architecture on synagogues in Late Antique Palestine, focussing on features common to both churches and synagogues. Why did radical changes appear in Jewish art and architecture during a period of competition with Christians?

Author : Steven H. Werlin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004298408

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Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E. by Steven H. Werlin Pdf

In The Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300-800 C.E., Werlin reevaluates the art, architecture and archaeology of ten synagogues from late ancient southern Palestine.

Author : Dr Shulamit Laderman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004509580

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Jewish Art in Late Antiquity by Dr Shulamit Laderman Pdf

This survey of ancient Jewish art traces Tabernacle implements and their iconographic development from the Second Temple period until late sixth century CE. It examines appearances of seven-branch menorah, Torah ark, and other motifs found in archeological discoveries of burial art synagogue decorations.

Author : Steven Fine
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004238176

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Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity (paperback) by Steven Fine Pdf

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. "Taken as a whole, Fine’s book exhibits the value of bridging disciplines. The historiographical segments integrated throughout this volume offer essential insights that will inform any student of Roman and late antiquity." Yael Wilfand, Hebrew University, Review of Biblical Literature, 2014.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047444534

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Religious Diversity in Late Antiquity by Anonim Pdf

This volume in the ongoing Late Antique Archaeology series draws on material and textual evidence to explore the diverse religious world of Late Antiquity. Subjects include Jews and Samaritans, orthodoxy and heresy, pilgrimage, stylites, magic, the sacred and the secular.

Author : Jaś Elsner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108473071

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Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity by Jaś Elsner Pdf

Explores the problems for studying art and religion in Eurasia arising from ancestral, colonial and post-colonial biases in historiography.

Author : Luke Lavan,Ellen Swift,Toon Putzeys
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047433057

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Objects in Context, Objects in Use by Luke Lavan,Ellen Swift,Toon Putzeys Pdf

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines material spatiality in late antiquity. Synthetic papers drawing on archaeological, art-historical and textual sources, are complemented by case-studies of sites, an introductory essay, and several bibliographic essays.

Author : Rachel Hachlili
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004257726

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Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research by Rachel Hachlili Pdf

Ancient Synagogues - Archaeology and Art. New Discoveries and Current Research presents archaeological evidence - the architecture, art, Jewish symbols, zodiac, biblical tales, inscriptions, and coins – which attest to the importance of the synagogue. When considered as a whole, all these pieces of evidence confirm the centrality of the synagogue institution in the life of the Jewish communities all through Israel and in the Diaspora. Most importantly, the synagogue and its art and architecture played a powerful role in the preservation of the fundamental beliefs, customs, and traditions of the Jewish people following the destruction of the Second Temple and the loss of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel. The book also includes a supplement of the report on the Qazion excavation.

Author : Rachel Hachlili
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004495630

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Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Land of Israel by Rachel Hachlili Pdf

Author : Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1145 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004419926

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Hispanojewish Archaeology (2 vols.) by Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser Pdf

In Hispanojewish Archaeology Alexander Bar-Magen Numhauser describes the material culture of the Jewish communities in Hispania of the first millennium CE by studying their archaeological remains in the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding western Mediterranean regions.

Author : A. J. Berkovitz
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512824193

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A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity by A. J. Berkovitz Pdf

The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as drinking water and uttering one's last words. And within a scriptural universe, no work exerted more force than the Psalter, the most cherished text among all the books of the Hebrew Bible. A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity clarifies the world of late ancient Judaism through the versatile and powerful lens of the Psalter. It asks a simple set of questions: Where did late ancient Jews encounter the Psalms? How did they engage with the work? And what meanings did they produce? A. J. Berkovitz answers these queries by reconstructing and contextualizing a diverse set of religious practices performed with and on the Psalter, such as handling a physical copy, reading from it, interpreting it exegetically, singing it as liturgy, invoking it as magic and reciting it as an act of piety. His book draws from and contributes to the fields of ancient Judaism, biblical reception, book history and the history of reading.

Author : Chaim Ben David,Chad Spigel,Karen B. Stern,Zeev Weiss,Geza G. Xeravits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Synagogues
ISBN : 3525522142

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The Synagogue in Ancient Palestine by Chaim Ben David,Chad Spigel,Karen B. Stern,Zeev Weiss,Geza G. Xeravits Pdf

This book brings together leading experts in the field of ancient-synagogue studies to discuss the current issues and emerging trends in the study of synagogues in ancient Palestine. Divided into four thematic units, the different contributions apply archaeological, textual, historical and art historical methodologies to questions related to ancient synagogues. Part One addresses issues related to the origins and early development of synagogues up to 200 CE. The contributions provide different explanations to the alleged lack of evidence for synagogues built in the second and third centuries CE and ask how much continuity or change there is between the late Second Temple and late Roman/early Byzantine synagogues. Part Two deals with architecture and dating of ancient synagogues. It gives an overview of all synagogues found so far, approaches the dating of Galilean synagogues in the light of the recently-exposed synagogue at Huqoq, and provides a stylistic re-evaluation of the Capernaum synagogue decoration.

Author : Geoffrey Greatrex,Stephen Mitchell
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781914535055

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Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity by Geoffrey Greatrex,Stephen Mitchell Pdf

The period AD 300-600 saw huge changes. The Graeco-Roman city-state was first transformed then eclipsed. Much of the Roman Empire broke up and was reconfigured. New barbarian kingdoms emerged in the Roman West. Above all, religious culture moved from polytheistic to monotheistic. Here, twenty papers by international scholars explore how group identities were established against this shifting background. Separate sections treat the Latin-speaking West, the Greek East, and the age of Justinian. Themes include religious conversion, Roman law in the barbarian West, problems of Jewish identity, and what in Late Antiquity it meant to be Roman.

Author : Milwright Marcus Milwright
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474460453

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Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions by Milwright Marcus Milwright Pdf

Located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock was constructed at the end of the seventh century by order of caliph 'Abd al-Malik. This seminal structure has been much studied but no definitive interpretation yet exists of the meanings conveyed by the Dome at the time of its completion. The recovery of meaning is complicated by the paucity of primary written sources relating to the construction phases of the building and the motivations of its patron. This book concentrates on the most important surviving primary text, the long mosaic inscription running around the interior. Comprising a dedication and date (72/691-92) and material of a religious nature, the mosaic inscription provides vital evidence for the reconstruction of the meanings and functions of the Dome of the Rock. The detailed study of the mosaics helps to place them in the context of Late Antique monumental writing, particularly in Greek. The book makes use of contemporary Islamic coins, graffiti, and other inscribed objects in order to examine the Dome of the Rock in the relation to the ideological concerns of the Umayyad elite during and after the second Civil War.

Author : Finney
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art, Early Christian
ISBN : 9780802890160

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The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology by Finney Pdf

More than 400 distinguished scholars, including archaeologists, art historians, historians, epigraphers, and theologians, have written the 1,455 entries in this monumental encyclopedia--the first comprehensive reference work of its kind. From Aachen to Zurzach, Paul Corby Finney's three-volume masterwork draws on archaeological and epigraphic evidence to offer readers a basic orientation to early Christian architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaic, and portable artifacts created roughly between AD 200 and 600 in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Clear, comprehensive, and richly illustrated, this work will be an essential resource for all those interested in late antique and early Christian art, archaeology, and history. -- Provided by publisher.