Building Jewish in the Roman East.

Main entry:

Richardson, Peter.

Title & Author:

Building Jewish in the Roman East.

Publication:

2005 Brill Academic Publishers

Description:

xxii, 413 pages, [32] pages plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, ISSN 1384-2161 ; vol. 92.

Summary:

Annotation Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. Building Jewish first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, Building Jewish explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, but he also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and thus directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.

ISBN:

9004141316
9789004141315
1932792015 pbk. : alk. paper
9781932792010 pbk. : alk. paper

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246989
Call No.: BIB 176545
Status: Available

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