Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology (2005 Fine), book

Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology (2005) is a book by Steven Fine.

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Table of contents

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 non-rabbinic Judaism -- Art history: textbooks and the rhetoric of Jewish artlessness -- Toward a new Jewish archaeology: methodological reflections -- 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 -- Between Rome and Jerusalem: the date palm as a Jewish symbol -- "The lamps of Israel": the menorah as a Jewish symbol -- 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.