by hadassah | Sep 20, 2016 | Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Jewish Art – Overview Being a Diaspora people, Jews create art using the same material culture of their surroundings. Prof. Steven Fine, Yeshiva University, Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from...
by hadassah | Nov 18, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Geniza Door, Cairo. The door of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, where the Cairo Genizah was discovered. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Nov 17, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Hochschule, Berlin. Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin. The great success of the late twentieth-century “nonrabbinic Judaism” movement has been the general acknowledgement that the Jewish world in late antiquity was indeed complex, and that...
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Dura Purim Dura inscription on the walls of Synagogue on the Purim theme. Dura Europos Inscription – A variety of inscriptions were found in the Synagogue and they provide information about the worshippers and the Jews in Dura. The inscriptions are written in...
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Dura Europos Inscription Dura Europos Inscription – A variety of inscriptions were found in the synagogue and they provide information about the worshippers and the Jews in Dura. The inscriptions are written in three different languages: Aramaic, Greek...
by hadassah | Nov 16, 2015 | Greco-Roman Period, Social and Religious Life in Diaspora
Dura Parchment Dura prayer parchment is the earliest extant archaeological evidence of Hebrew prayer from post-Temple times. Dura Europos Inscription – A variety of inscriptions can be seen in the Synagogues and they provide information about the...
