Art, history, and the historiography of Judaism in Roman antiquity / / by Steven Fine.
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 essay...
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| Superior document: | Brill reference library of Judaism, Volume 34 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill reference library of Judaism ;
v. 34. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 “See, I Have Called the Renowned Name of Bezalel, Son of Uri . . .”: Josephus’s Portrayal of the Biblical “Architect”
- 2 A Note on Ossuary Burial and the Resurrection of the Dead in First-Century Jerusalem
- 3 Caligula and the Jews: Some Historiographic Reflections Occasioned by Gaius in Polychrome
- 4 “When I Went to Rome . . . There I Saw the Menorah”: The Jerusalem Temple Implements in Rabbinic Memory, History, and Myth
- 5 Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity
- 6 Jewish Identity at the Cusp of Empires: The Jews of Dura Europos between Rome and Persia
- 7 “Epigraphical” Study Houses in Late Antique Palestine: A Second Look
- 8 Furnishing God’s Study House: An Exercise in Rabbinic Imagination
- 9 The Jewish Helios: A Modest Proposal Regarding the Sun God and the Zodiac on Late Antique Synagogue Mosaics
- 10 Between Liturgy and Social History: Priestly Power in Late Antique Palestinian Synagogues?
- 11 The Menorah and the Cross: Historiographic Reflections on a Recent Discovery from Laodicea on the Lycus
- 12 Jews and Judaism under Byzantium and Islam
- Index.