Mosaics of faith : Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land

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Mosaics of faith : Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land

Rina Talgam

Yad Ben-Zvi Press , The Pennsylvania State University Press, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-570) and index

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This monumental work provides a comprehensive analytical history of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, and Early Abbasid mosaics in the Holy Land, spanning the second century b.c.e. to the eighth century c.e. Previous general studies of the Holy Land mosaics have focused on specific collections; in Mosaics of Faith, Rina Talgam sets out to demonstrate how mosaic art constructed cultural, religious, and ethnic identities in eras that shaped the visual expressions of three monotheistic religions. Her examination of the mosaics in a pivotal area of the eastern Mediterranean sharpens and refines our understanding of the region's societies and their ideologies, institutions, and liturgies. Covering almost one thousand years of mosaic production, Mosaics of Faith offers an unprecedented view of the evolution of floor decorations from the Hellenistic to the Roman periods, in the transition from Roman to Early Byzantine art, and in the persistence of Byzantine traditions under Umayyad rule. More than other corpora of ancient mosaics, those from the Holy Land have generated greater awareness of the intricate visual exchanges between paganism, Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Talgam examines the mosaics' formal qualities in conjunction with the religious and cultural contexts within which they were produced and with which they had a profound, multidimensional dialogue.

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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Mosaics of the Holy Land in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Introduction Chapter 1: The Mosaics in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods Chapter 2: The Mosaics of the Late Roman Period Part II: The Mosaics of the Holy Land in the Byzantine Period Introduction Chapter 3: The Compositional Trends in Floor Mosaics of the Byzantine Period Chapter 4: The Stylistic Developments of Byzantine Mosaics Chapter 5: The Church as the Heir of the Tabernacle and Solomon's Temple Chapter 6: The Synagogue as a "Lesser Temple" Chapter 7: Samaritan Self-Determination Chapter 8: The Mosaics in Secular Buildings Part III: Mosaics of the Holy Land from the Muslim Conquest to the End of the Eighth Century Introduction Chapter 9: Church Mosaics Chapter 10: Synagogue Mosaics Chapter 11: Mosaics Under Muslim Patronage Chapter 12: The Defacement of Images Summary List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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