Visual Exemplars : Biblical Figures in the Art and Literature of Jewish Late Antiquity /
Between the third to seventh centuries of the common era, Jewish communities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean began to adorn their synagogues with figural illustrations inspired by the Hebrew Bible. Although the Bible had long been the cornerstone of Jewish life, it was only in late antiquity th...
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التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2026.
سلاسل:
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ;
81.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: BM1 .J445
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Exemplars in Ancient Jewish Literary Texts
- 2 Visual Exemplars in the Synagogue
- 3 Approaches to Biblical Iconography in its Roman Context
- 4 Aesthetics and Donors
- 5 Approaches to Text and Image
- 6 Project Overview
- 1 Wisdom and Leadership: Competing Memories of Moses and the Red Sea Crossing
- 1 Moses in Dura: Historical Context and Archaeological Discovery
- 2 Moses' Portrait Type in Dura: Wise Man and Teacher
- 3 Moses' Giant Dimensions: Heroism and Size in Late Antique Art
- 4 Moses in Dura: Leading Agent of the Red Sea Crossing
- 5 Alternative Memory Traditions in the Late Antique Galilee
- 6 Huqoq: Visualizing the Red Sea Crossing Without Moses
- 7 Wadi Hamam: A Second Image of the Red Sea Crossing Without Moses
- 8 Literary Memories of the Red Sea Crossing
- 9 Exodus 14-15: Conflicting Memories of Human and Divine Agency
- 10 Inner-Biblical Memories of the Red Sea Crossing
- 11 Minimizing Moses' Role in Second Temple Texts
- 12 Jubilees: Moses and the Red Sea
- 13 Philo: Moses and the Red Sea
- 14 Pseudo-Philo: Moses and the Red Sea
- 15 Josephus and Moses: The Exception to the Rule
- 16 Minimizing Moses' Role in Rabbinic Texts
- 17 Moses' Absence in the Late Antique Passover Haggadah
- 18 Rabbi Yehoshua and the Min: The Exception to the Rule
- 19 Moses, Memory, and Exemplary Paradigms
- 2 Musical and Poetic Devotion: King David and the Lyre
- 1 The Biblical Origins of David as Musician in 1 Samuel
- 2 Beyond the Kinnor: David as Musician and Poet in 2 Samuel and Amos
- 3 David as Temple Musician in Chronicles and Ezra Nehemiah
- 4 David and Psalms: Musical Poetry in Biblical and Second Temple Literature
- 5 Josephus and David: Kinnor Playing Musician and Singer
- 6 Kinnor and Nebel in Second Revolt Coins
- 7 Kinnor and Nebel in Rabbinic Literature
- 8 The Lyre of David as Exemplar in Rabbinic Legend
- 9 David as Musician in Late Antique Jewish Art
- 10 David Playing the Lyre in the Dura Europos Reredos
- 11 David as Possible Warrior-Musician in the Meroth Synagogue
- 12 David as a Musician in Maiumas
- 13 David, Orpheus, and Paideia in Late Antique Gaza
- 14 Imperial and Sacred Motifs in David's Portrait at Maiumas
- 15 Approaches to Genesis, David, and Late Antique Jewish Piety
- 3 Piety and Prayer: Daniel in the Lions' Den
- 1 The Biblical Context of Daniel's Prayer and the Lions' Den
- 2 The Ancient Near Eastern Context of Daniel and the Lions' Den
- 3 Daniel as Pious Exemplar in Second Temple Literature
- 4 Daniel as Prayer Exemplar in Late Antique Rabbinic Literature
- 5 Biblical Paradigms for the Orans Motif in Late Antique Jewish Art
- 6 From Kneeling to Standing: Changing Notions of Jewish Prayer
- 7 Daniel and the Lions' Den in the Naʿaran Synagogue
- 8 Daniel in the Lions' Den in Susiya
- 9 Daniel in the Lions' Den in ʿEn Nashut
- 10 Daniel in the Lions' Den in Sardis
- 11 Daniel's Exemplary Legacy in Palestine and the Jewish Diaspora
- 12 Daniel's Exemplary Legacy in Christian Funerary Art and Ritual
- 13 Between Judaism and Christianity: Nuances in Daniel's Exemplary Legacy
- Conclusion
- 1 Late Antique Jewish Exemplary Norms: From the Bible to the Talmud
- 2 Filling in the Gaps: Exemplary Motifs Between Text and Image
- 3 Jewish Adaptation of Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman Motifs
- 4 Limitations of Analysis: Iconoclasm and the Vagaries of Time
- 5 Late Antique Comparands: Roman and Christian
- 6 The Decline of Jewish Biblical Imagery in the Synagogue
- Figures
- Bibliography
- Index.