Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world [Texte imprimé] : toward a new Jewish archaeology / Steven Fine

Index

Bibliogr. p. 251-256

Pt. 1. "The 'most unmonumental people' of the world" : modern constructions of ancient Jewish art -- 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 nonrabbinic Judaism -- Art history : textbooks and the rhetoric of Jewish artlessness -- Toward a new Jewish archaeology : methodological reflections -- Pt. 2. Art and identity in the Greco-Roman world -- 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 Rome to Nehardea -- Pt. 3. Jewish "symbols" in the Greco-Roman world -- Between Rome and Jerusalem : the date palm as a Jewish symbol -- "The lamps of Israel" : the menorah as a Jewish symbol -- Pt. 4. Reading holistically : art and the liturgy of late antique synagogues -- Liturgy and the art of the Dura Europos synagogue -- Synagogue mosaics and liturgy in the land of Israel -- Sanctity and the art of ancient synagogues