Table of contents for Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world: toward a new Jewish archaeology

Table of contents for Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman world: toward a new Jewish archaeology / Steven Fine.

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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. "The 'Most Unmonumental People' of the World": Modern Constructions of
Ancient Jewish Art
1. 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.
2. The Old-New Land: "Jewish Archaeology" and the Zionist Narrative
3. Archaeology and the Search for "Non-Rabbinic Judaism"
4. Art History: Transmitting Jewish Artlessness to New Generations
5. Toward a New "Jewish Archaeology": Methodological Reflections
Part 2. Art and Identity During the Greco-Roman Period
1. Art and Identity in Latter Second Temple Period Judaism: The Hasmonean
Royal Tombs at Modi'in
2. Art and Identity in Late Antique Palestine: The Na'aran Synagogue
3. Art and Identity in Diaspora Communities in Late Antiquity:
From Nehardea to Rome
Part 3. Jewish "Symbols" During the Greco-Roman Period
1. Between Rome and Jerusalem: The Date Palm as a "Jewish Symbol"
2. "The Lamps of Israel": The Menorah as a Jewish Symbol
Part 4. Reading Holistically: Art and the Liturgy of Late Antique Synagogues
1. The Dura Europos Synagogue and its Liturgical Parchment
2. Synagogue Mosaics and Liturgy in the Land of Israel
a. The Sepphoris Synagogue: A Liturgical Interpretation
b. The Torah, its Shrine, and the Decoration of Late Antique
Palestinian Synagogues
c. The Zodiac
3. Concluding Comments: Sanctity and the Art of Ancient Synagogues
Epilogue
A Note on Transliteration and Translation
Abbreviations
Illustrations
Primary Source Index
General Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Jewish art and symbolism.
Synagogue art.
Synagogue architecture.
Judaism and art -- History -- To 1500.
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425.
Archaeology and religion.