Viewing Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology

Ann E. Killebrew, PhD in archaeology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is an Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She has directed numerous archaeological projects, most recently at Tel Akko. Her publications include books and articles on the archaeology and cultural heritage of the Levant. Gabriele Faßbeck, doctoral degree in New Testament studies from the University of Heidelberg, teaches online courses for the Religious Studies Department, University of Alabama. Her research interests include texts and the material culture of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.

• Table of Contents Preface: Ann E. Killebrew, Gabriele Faßbeck and Steven Fine, Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology: The Contribution of Rachel Hachlili1. Mordechai Aviam, Two Groups of Non-Figurative Jewish Sarcophagi from Galilee 2. Gideon Avni and Boaz Zissu, The “Tomb of the Prophets” on the Mount of Olives: A Re-Examination 3. John W. Betlyon and Ann E. Killebrew, A Fourth-Century CE Coin Hoard from the Qaṣrin Village4. Estēe Dvorjetski, Public Health in Ancient Palestine: Historical and Archaeological Aspects of Lavatories5. Gabriele Faßbeck, “The Longer, the More Happiness I Derive from This Undertaking”: James Simon and Early German Research into Galilee’s Ancient Synagogues6. Steven Fine, The Open Torah Ark: A Regional Iconographic Type in Late Antique Rome and Sardis7. Zvi Gal, Tamra: A Late Byzantine–Early Islamic Village in the Eastern Lower Galilee8. Rivka Gersht and Peter Gendelman, The Amphora and the Krater in Ancient Jewish Art in the Land of Israel 9. Malka Hershkovitz, Local Jewish Oil Lamps of the Second to First Centuries BCE10. Amos Kloner and Sherry Whetstone, A Burial Complex and Ossuaries of the Second Temple Period on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem11. Nikos Kokkinos, An Approach to Herodian Peraea 12. Eric C. Lapp, A Jewish Oil Lamp Unearthed at the Red Sea Port of Roman Aila (Aqaba, Jordan)13. Lee I. Levine, Israelite Art in Context14. Gabriel Mazor, Imperial Cult in the Decapolis: Nysa-Scythopolis as a Test Case15. Carol L. Meyers and Eric M. Meyers, Images and Identity: Menorah Representations at Sepphoris16. David Milson, Some Observations on the “Bema” Platforms in the Ancient Synagogues of Beth Alpha, Chorazin, and Susiya17. Ronny Reich, Some Notes of the Miqva’ot and Cisterns at Qumran18. Arthur Segal, Rome, Jerusalem, and the Colosseum