Art, History and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity

Art, History, and the Historiography of Judaism in Roman Antiquity explores the complex interplay between visual culture, texts and their interpretations, arguing for an open-ended and self-aware approach to understanding Jewish culture from the first century CE through the rise of Islam.

About the author

Steven Fine is professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University. He is director of the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project and of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies. Fine's Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology received the Association for Jewish Studies' Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in 2009.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Fine
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9789004309616
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30961-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: Brill Reference Library of Jud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism