Ancient Jewish art and archaeology in the diaspora /

Ancient Jewish art and archaeology in the diaspora / / by Rachel Hachlili.

Jewish Diaspora in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods from first to the eighth centuries C.E. is the subject of this work. The author thoroughly investigates origin, symbolism and significance of the mainly synagogal and funerary art forms in the Diaspora. Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in...

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Superior document:Handbuch der Orientalistik. Siebente Abteilung, Kunst und Archäologie, 1. Bd., 2. Abschnitt, B, Lfg. 9
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Hachlili, Rachel.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East 35.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 499 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • THE SYNAGOGUE
  • SYNAGOGUE ARCHITECTURE
  • SYNAGOGUE ART: THE DURA-EURO POS SYNAGOGUE WALL PAINTINGS
  • SYNAGOGUE ART: MOSAIC PAVEMENTS
  • FIGURATIVE ART
  • BURIAL AND FUNERARY PRACTICES
  • JEWISH SYMBOLS
  • MOTIFS OF JEWISH ART
  • INSCRIPTIONS
  • FEATURES OF JEWISH ART
  • jEWISH, CHRISTIAN and PAGAN ART
  • ARTISTS and PATTERN BOOKS
  • DATING
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • CHRONOLOGlCAL TABLE
  • INDEX
  • PLATES.

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