Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world : toward a new Jewish archaeology
"Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology explores the Jewish experience with art from the Hellenistic era through the rise of Islam. It starts from the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a "minority" or "ethnic" art and surveys ways that Jews fully participated in, transformed, and at times rejected the art of their general environment. Placing literary sources in careful dialogue with archaeological discoveries, this "New Jewish Archaeology" is an important contribution to Judaic studies, religious studies, art history, and classics."--Jacket
History
xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9780521844918, 0521844916
56356180
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