| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; Volume 34 |
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Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 34. 1571-5000
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| Contents |
1 "See, I Have Called the Renowned Name of Bezalel, Son of Uri ... ": Josephus's Portrayal of the Biblical "Architect" 21 -- 2 A Note on Ossuary Burial and the Resurrection of the Dead in First-Century Jerusalem 37 -- 3 Caligula and the Jews: Some Historiographic Reflections Occasioned by Gaius in Polychrome 51 -- 4 "When I Went to Rome ... There I Saw the Menorah": The Jerusalem Temple Implements in Rabbinic Memory, History, and Myth 63 -- 5 Coloring the Temple: Polychromy and the Jerusalem Temple in Late Antiquity 87 -- 6 Jewish Identity at the Cusp of Empires: The Jews of Dura Europos between Rome and Persia 101 -- 7 "Epigraphical" Study Houses in Late Antique Palestine: A Second Look 123 -- 8 Furnishing God's Study House: An Exercise in Rabbinic Imagination 139 -- 9 The Jewish Helios: A Modest Proposal Regarding the Sun God and the Zodiac on Late Antique Synagogue Mosaics 161 -- 10 Between Liturgy and Social History: Priestly Power in Late Antique Palestinian Synagogues? 181 -- 11 The Menorah and the Cross: Historiographic Reflections on a Recent Discovery from Laodicea on the Lycus 195 -- 12 Jews and Judaism under Byzantium and Islam 215 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Judaism -- Rome -- Historiography
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Judaism -- Historiography
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Spätantike
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Judentum
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Rome (Empire)
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Römisches Reich
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004238176 |
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9004238174 |
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