TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laderman,Shulamit
TI  - Jewish Art in Late Antiquity: The State of Research in Ancient Jewish Art 
T2  - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
SN  - 9789004509580
AV  - N7415 
U1  - 704.94896 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Jewish art
KW  - Judaism and art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; Shulamit Laderman --; Copyright page; Shulamit Laderman --; Jewish Art in Late Antiquity --; The State of Research in Ancient Jewish Art; Shulamit Laderman
N2  - Antique Jewish art visualized the idea that the essence of God is beyond the world of forms. In the Bible, the Israelites were commanded to build sanctuaries without cult statues. Following the destruction of the Second Temple, Jews turned to literary and visual aids to fill the void. In this accessible survey, Shulamit Laderman traces the visualizations of the Tabernacle implements, including the seven-branch menorah, the Torah ark, the shofar, the four species, and other motifs associated with the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish calendar. These motifs evolved into iconographic symbols visualized in a range of media, including coins, funerary art, and synagogue decorations in both Israel and the Diaspora. Particular attention is given to important discoveries such as the frescoes of the third-century CE synagogue in Dura-Europos, mosaic floors in synagogues in Galilee, and architectural and carved motifs that decorated burial places
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004509580
ER  -