Viewing ancient Jewish art and archaeology : : Vehinnei Rachel, essays in honor of Rachel Hachlili / / edited by Ann E. Killebrew and Gabriele Fassbeck.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, volume 172
• TeilnehmendeR: Hachlili, Rachel,; Killebrew, Ann E.,; Fassbeck, Gabriele,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 172.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In honor of eminent archaeologist and historian of ancient Jewish art, Rachel Hachlili, friends and colleagues offer contributions in this festschrift which span the world of ancient Judaism both in Palestine and the Diaspora. Hachlili's distinctive research interests: synagogues, burial sites, and Jewish iconography receive particular attention in the volume. Archaeologists and historians present new material evidence from Galilee, Jerusalem, and Transjordan, contributing to the honoree’s fields of scholarly study. Fresh analyses of ancient Jewish art, essays on architecture, historical geography, and research history complete the volume and make it an enticing kaleidoscope of the vibrant field of scholarship that owes so much to Rachel.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Two Groups of Non-Figurative Jewish Sarcophagi from Galilee / Mordechai Aviam -- 2 The “Tombs of the Prophets” on the Mount of Olives / Gideon Avni and Boaz Zissu -- 3 A Fourth-Century ce Coin Hoard from the Qaṣrin Village / John W. Betlyon and Ann E. Killebrew -- 4 Public Health in Ancient Palestine / Estēe Dvorjetski -- 5 “The Longer, the More Happiness I Derive from This Undertaking” / Gabriele Faßbeck -- 6 The Open Torah Ark / Steven Fine -- 7 Tamra / Zvi Gal -- 8 The Amphora and the Krater in Ancient Jewish Art in the Land of Israel / Rivka Gersht and Peter Gendelman -- 9 Local Jewish Oil Lamps of the Second to First Centuries bce / Malka Hershkovitz -- 10 A Burial Complex and Ossuaries of the Second Temple Period on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem / Amos Kloner and Sherry Whetstone -- 11 An Approach to Herodian Peraea / Nikos Kokkinos -- 12 A Jewish Oil Lamp Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba, Jordan) / Eric C. Lapp -- 13 Israelite Art in Context / Lee I. Levine -- 14 Imperial Cult in the Decapolis / Gabriel Mazor -- 15 Images and Identity / Carol L. Meyers and Eric M. Meyers -- 16 Some Observations on the “Bema” Platforms in the Ancient Synagogues of Beth Alpha, Chorazin, and Susiya / David Milson -- 17 Some Notes on the Miqva’ot and Cisterns at Qumran / Ronny Reich -- 18 Rome, Jerusalem, and the Colosseum / Arthur Segal -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Sources.