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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology
Art and Judaism in the GrecoRoman World Toward a New Jewish Archaeology Author:Steven Fine Art and Judaism explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period - from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a 'minority' or 'ethnic' art and surveys ways that Jews fully participated in, transformed, and at times rejected the art of their general envir... more »onment. It focuses upon the politics of identity during the Greco-Roman period, even as it discusses ways that modern identity issues have sometimes distorted and at other times refined scholarly discussion of ancient Jewish material culture.« less