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Art and architecture of the synagogue in byzantine palaestina
The Byzantine era was a time of the formation of the Abrahamic religions and a battleground for people's hearts and minds. This book shows that, during the time of the Byzantine Empire, the synagogues in Palaestina developed a visual language adhering to traditional literary sources. Until now,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS Publishing,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Historical-Cultural Introduction; Part : Understanding the Language; Chapter One; Jewish Art in the Synagogue; The Method of Deciphering the Various Signs and Symbols; The Rabbinic Perspective; Jewish Exegesis and Mysticism; The Religious Symbolic Numerology; Chapter Two; Geography and Chronology of Ancient Synagogues; The Architectural Elements of the Ancient Synagogues; Outside influences; The Plan; The Façade; The Door Frame and Lintel; The Myth of a Women's Gallery; The Dura-Europos Synagogue as an Interior Prototype
- Direction MarkersChapter Three; The Biblical Narrative Panel; The Zodiac Panel; The Temple Shrine Panel; The Menorah; Reexamination of the Tripartite Panels; The PaRDeS Interoperation; Reexamination of the Biblical Narrative Panels; Reexamination of the Zodiac Panels; Reexamination of the Temple Shrine Panels; Reexamination of the Menorah; The House of Prayers; Group and Sect Identity in Panels; The Symbolic Representation of the Communities; Chapter Four; The Four Sons; The Tree of Knowledge; The Geometric Panel at Tel Ictaba (Beit She'an); The Outer Frame; The Inner Frame
- Interlaced PatternInterlaced Geometric Form; Interlaced String; Sacred and Infinity; Regional Discourse; Tessellation grid; Repetition and Variation; Chapter Five; Visual Formal Semantics; The Synagogue at Yafia; Visual Discourse; Inhabited Vine Scrolls; The Laughing Lions; The Frame; The Regional Frame; Meander Pattern; Part II:; Part II. I:; Chapter A; Chapter B; Chapter C; Chapter D; Part II. II:; Chapter E; Part II. III:; Chapter F; Chapter G; Part II. V:; Chapter H; Chapter I; Chapter J; Chapter K; Chapter L; Part III: Conclusion; Conclusion; Idolatry; The Tripartite Panels
- The Biblical Narrative PanelsThe Zodiac Panels; The Temple Shrine Panels; The Menorah; About the Sects; The Symbolic Factor; On the Permanence of Meaning; Who Directed the Design of the Mosaic; Jewish Exegesis and Mysticism; Glossary; Bibliography; Index