The Sculptural Environment of the Roman Near East. Reflections on Culture, Ideology, and Power.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist minimal berieben. Sonst ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ Only the dust jacket is slightly rubbed. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. - Public sculptures were the �mass media� of the Roman world. They populated urban centers throughout the empire, serving as a �plastic language� that communicated political, religious, and social messages. This book brings together twenty-eight experts who otherwise rarely convene: text-based scholars of the Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian realms from the fields of classics, history, and religion and specialists in the artistic traditions of Greece and Rome as well as art historians and archaeologists. Utilizing the full spectrum of ancient sources, the book examines the multiple, at times even contradictory, meanings and functions that statues served within the complex world of the Roman Near East. Moreover, it situates the discussion of sculpture in the broader context of antiquity in order to reevaluate long-held scholarly consensuses on such ideas as the essence of Hellenism (the culture that emerged from the encounter of Greco-Romans with the Near East) and the everlasting �conflict� among paganism, Christianity, and Judaism. Yaron Z. Eliav is the Jean & Samuel Frankel Associate Professor for Rabbinic Literature and Jewish History of Late Antiquity in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan. Elise A. Friedland is the George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Scholar in Classical Studies and Associate Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art and Art History and Program in Classical Studies at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL. Sharon Herbert is the John G. Pedley Professor of Classical Archaeology and the Director of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan.ENCOMPASSING HELLENISM: THE DYNAMICS OF EXTENDED CULTURES Glen BOWERSOCK, Reconsidering Hellenism in the Roman Near East: Introductory Remarks Maurice SARTRE, The Nature of Syrian Hellenism in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Periods Aharon OPPENHEIMER, The Jews in the Roman World . ORIGIN, PRODUCTION, AND FATE Gideon FOERSTER, Marble Sculpture of the Roman Period in the Near East and Its Hellenistic Origins Peter ROCKWELL, The Sculptor�s Studio at Aphrodisias: The Working Methods and Varieties of Sculpture Produced . Yoram TSAFRIR, The Classical Heritage in Late Antique Palestine: The Fate of Freestanding Sculptures Frank R. TROMBLEY, The Destruction of Pagan Statuary and Christianization (Fourth-Sixth Century C.E.) . John POLLINI, The Imperial Cult in the East: Images of Power and the Power of Intolerance TWO-DIMENSIONAL LANDSCAPES: RE-PRESENTING STATUES IN OTHER MEDIA Eric M. MOORMANN, Statues on the Wall: The Representation of Statuary in Roman Wall Painting Fergus MlLLAR, Narrative and Identity in Mosaics from the Late Roman Near East: Pagan, Jewish, and Christian. Sharon HERBERT, The Missing Pieces: Miniature Reflections of the Hellenistic Artistic Landscape in the East Werner Eck, Statues and Inscriptions in ludaea/Syria Palaestina . ENGAGING THE REALM OF THE GODS Peter STEWART, Baetyls as Statues? Cult Images in the Roman Near East Elise A. FRIEDLAND, Visualizing Deities in the Roman Near East: Aspects of Athena and Athena-Allat Fawzi ZAYADINE, Roman Sculpture from the Exedra in the Temenos of the Qasr al-Bint at Petra Thomas M. WEBER, Sculptures from Southern Syrian Sanctuaries of the Roman Period Michal Gawlikowski, The Statues of the Sanctuary of Allat in Palmyra Susan B. DOWNEY, The Role of Sculpture in Worship at the Temples of Dura-Europos Ellen PERRY, Divine Statues in the Works of Libanius of Antioch: The Actual and Rhetorical Desacralization of Pagan Cult Furniture in the Late Fourth Century C.E URBAN LANDSCAPES AND PERCEPTIONS Raymond VAN Dam, Imagining an Eastern Roman Empire: A Riot at Antioch in 387 C.E Moshe L. FISCHER, Sculpture in Roman Palestine and Its Architectural and Social Milieu: Adaptability, Imitation, Originality? The Ascalon Basilica as an Example Rivka GERSHT, Caesarean Sculpture in Context Kenneth G. HOLUM, Caesarea�s Fortune: Ancient Statuary and the Beholder in a Late Antique City Ze�ev WEISS, Sculptures and Sculptural Images in Urban Galilee SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES Benjamin ISAAC, Roman Victory Displayed: Symbols, Allegories, Personifications? Yaron Z. ELIAV, The Desolating Sacrilege: A Jewish-Christian Discourse on Statuary, Space, and Sanctity Richard KALMIN, Idolatry in Late Antique Babylonia: The Evidence of the Babylonian Talmud David FRANKFURTER, The Vitality of Egyptian Images in Late Antiquity: Christian Memory and Response. ISBN 9789042920040