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Art and Judaism During the Greco-Roman Period explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period―from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts from with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a "minority" or "ethnic" art and surveys ways that Jews fully participated in, transformed, and at times rejected the art of their general environment. Art and Judaism focuses upon the politics of identity during the Greco-Roman period, even as it discusses ways that modern identity issues have sometimes distorted and at other times refined scholarly discussion of ancient Jewish material culture. Art and Judaism, the first historical monograph on ancient Jewish art in forty years, evaluates earlier scholarship even as it sets out in new directions. Placing literary sources in careful dialogue with archaeological discoveries, this "New Jewish Archaeology" is an important contribution to Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Art History, and Classics. The Revised Edition includes a new introduction, additional images, and color plates.
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Steven Fine is Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies.
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Cambridge, University Press, 2005. XVIII, 267 pp. Fine copy. Cloth with dustjacket. Art and Judaism explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period - from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a 'minority' or 'ethnic' art and surveys ways that Jews fully participated in, transformed, and at times rejected the art of their general environment. It focuses upon the politics of identity during the Greco-Roman period, even as it discusses ways that modern identity issues have sometimes distorted and at other times refined scholarly discussion of ancient Jewish material culture. Seller Inventory # 51324
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Condition: Sehr gut. XVII; 267 Seiten; Illustr.; 28,5 cm; fadengeh. Orig.-Pappband m. farb. illustr. OUmschlag. Sehr gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - Steven Fine is Jewish Foundation Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati . / Art and Judaism in the GrecoRoman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology explores the Jewish experience with art from the Hellenistic era through the rise of Islam. It starts from the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a "minority" or "ethnic" art and surveys ways that Jews fully participated in, transformed, and at times rejected the art of their general environment. Art and Judaism focuses on the politics of identity in the GrecoRoman world, even as it discusses ways that modern identity issues have sometimes distorted and at other times refined scholarly discussion of ancient Jewish material culture. Art and Judaism, the first historical monograph on ancient Jewish art in the English language in fifty years, evaluates earlier scholarship as it sets out in new directions. Placing literary sources in careful dialogue with archaeological discoveries, this "New Jewish Archaeology" is an important contribution to Judaic studies, religious studies, art history, and classics. (Verlagstext) / INHALT : List of Illustrations ----- List of Abbreviations ----- Preface ----- A Note on Transliteration and Translation ----- Introduction ----- PART ONE. "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 ----- PART TWO. 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 ----- PART THREE. 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 ----- PART FOUR. 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 ----- The Sepphoris Synagogue: A Liturgical Interpretation ----- The Torah, Its Shrine, and the Decoration of Late Antique Palestinian Synagogues ----- The Zodiac, Synagogue Mosaics, and Jewish Liturgy ----- Sanctity and the Art of Ancient Synagogues Epilogue ----- Notes ----- Selected Bibliography of Secondary Literature ----- Index of Primary Sources ----- General Index. ISBN 9780521844918 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1700. Seller Inventory # 1214647
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