Writing on the Wall - Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity

Zusatztext "This thought-provoking book takes a new approach to the graffiti found in holy sites, tombs and sometimes civic structures, regarding them as words that do things rather than simply record a visit." ---David Frankfurter, Journal of Roman Studies Informationen zum Autor Karen B. Stern is assistant professor of history at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is the author of Inscribing Devotion and Death: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Populations of North Africa . Klappentext Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved in the writings of Philo and Josephus and the rabbinic texts of the Mishnah and Talmud. Commissioned art, architecture, and formal Zusammenfassung Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved in the writings of Philo and Josephus and the rabbinic texts of the Mishnah and Talmud. Commissioned art, architecture, and formal

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• Authors: Karen B. Stern, Stern Karen B.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780691161334
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16133-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, ART / Graffiti & Street Art, Jewish Studies, History of Art, Graffiti & street art, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Relating to Jewish people and groups, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Other graphic or visual art forms, BCE period – Protohistory