Viewing ancient Jewish art and archaeology : Vehinnei Rachel, essays in honor of Rachel Hachlili /

Viewing ancient Jewish art and archaeology : Vehinnei Rachel, essays in honor of Rachel Hachlili / edited by Ann E. Killebrew and Gabriele Fassbeck. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, volume 172 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Two Groups of Non-Figurative Jewish Sarcophagi from Galilee; Chapter 2 The "Tombs of the Prophets" on the Mount of Olives; Chapter 3 A Fourth-Century CE Coin Hoard from the Qaṣrin Village; Chapter 4 Public Health in Ancient Palestine; Chapter 5 "The Longer, the More Happiness I Derive from This Undertaking"; Chapter 6 The Open Torah Ark; Chapter 7 Tamra; Chapter 8 The Amphora and the Krater in Ancient Jewish Art in the Land of Israel; Chapter 9 Local Jewish Oil Lamps of the Second to First Centuries BCE Chapter 10 A Burial Complex and Ossuaries of the Second Temple Period on Mount Scopus, JerusalemChapter 11 An Approach to Herodian Peraea; Chapter 12 A Jewish Oil Lamp Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba, Jordan); Chapter 13 Israelite Art in Context; Chapter 14 Imperial Cult in the Decapolis; Chapter 15 Images and Identity; Chapter 16 Some Observations on the "Bema" Platforms in the Ancient Synagogues of Beth Alpha, Chorazin, and Susiya; Chapter 17 Some Notes on the Miqva'ot and Cisterns at Qumran; Chapter 18 Rome, Jerusalem, and the Colosseum; Index of Places



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Archaeology and history--Palestine.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine.


Electronic Books.

DS112 / .V549 2016