WITNESSES OF JUDAISM IN THE 3RD CENTURY (FRESCO PAINTING CYCLE OF THE DURA-EUROPOS SYNAGOGUE) Cover Image

СВИДЕТЕЛИ ИУДАИЗМА III ВЕКА (ФРЕСКОВЫЙ ЦИКЛ СИНАГОГИ ДУРА-ЕВРОПОС)
WITNESSES OF JUDAISM IN THE 3RD CENTURY (FRESCO PAINTING CYCLE OF THE DURA-EUROPOS SYNAGOGUE)

Author(s): Maksim Vadimorich Griger
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Visual Arts, Social history, Ancient World, History of Judaism
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: rabbinic Judaism; Dura-Europos; Greco-Roman world;

Summary/Abstract: The discovery of a fresco painting cycle in the Dura-Europos synagogue raised many questions among researchers: for what reason was the Second Commandment broken here? What are the stylistic and iconographic sources of the Dura-Europos paintings? What influence might this painting cycle have exerted on later Jewish and Christian art? The paper attempts to answer these and a number of other questions. The existence of Jewish visual art is considered in the context of the revision of the general outline of Jewish history in the Mishnah’s period.

  • Issue Year: 157/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 141-151
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian