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Authors: Peter Richardson
ISBN-13: 9781932792010, ISBN-10: 1932792015
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Peter Richardson

Peter Richardson, Ph.D.(Cambridge University), Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, is the author or editor of eleven books on Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity, including, most recently, City and Sanctuary: Religion and Architecture in the Roman Near East (2002) and Herod the Great: King of Jews and Friend of Romans (1999). An experienced archaeologist, Richardson is also Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Book Synopsis

Archaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. Building Jewish first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as “Jewish associations.” Finally, Building Jewish explores Jerusalem’s flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson’s careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, but he also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and thus directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Religion and architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean3
Ch. 2Jesus and Palestinian social protest in archaeological and literary perspective17
Ch. 33-D visualizations of a first-century Galilean town39
Ch. 4Khirbet Qana (and other villages) as a context for Jesus55
Ch. 5First-century houses and Q's setting73
Ch. 6What has Cana to do with Capernaum?91
Ch. 7Pre-70 synagogues as Collegia in Rome, the diaspora, and Judea111
Ch. 8Architectural transitions from synagogues and house churches to purpose-built churches135
Ch. 9Philo and Eusebius on monasteries and monasticism : the Therapeutae and Kellia151
Ch. 10Jewish voluntary associations in Egypt and the roles of women165
Ch. 11Building a "Synodos ... and a place of their own"187
Ch. 12An architectural case for synagogues as associations207
Ch. 13Law and piety in Herod's architecture225
Ch. 14Why turn the tables? : Jesus' protest in the temple precincts241
Ch. 15Josephus, Nicolas of Damascus, and Herod's building program253
Ch. 16Origins, innovations, and significance of Herod's temple271
Ch. 17Herod's temple architecture and Jerusalem's tombs299
Ch. 18The James Ossuary's decoration and social setting309
Ch. 19Building Jewish in the Roman East327

Subjects

Art, Architecture & Photography Architecture General & Miscellaneous Architecture
Art, Architecture & Photography Architecture History & Criticism - Architecture
Christianity Judaism & Judaica General & Miscellaneous Judaism
Christianity Judaism & Judaica Liturgy - Judaism
Christianity All Religion General & Miscellaneous Religion
History Ancient History Rome - Ancient History
History History of Science Science
History Middle Eastern History Israel / Palestine - History
History Religious History General & Miscellaneous Religion
History Religious History Judaism & Judaica
History World History Jewish History
Judaism & Judaica General & Miscellaneous Judaism Architecture, Jewish
Judaism & Judaica Liturgy - Judaism Synagogues
Nonfiction Social Sciences Anthropology & Archaeology
Nonfiction Social Sciences Jewish Studies
Religion Books Judaism & Judaica General & Miscellaneous Judaism
Religion Books Judaism & Judaica Liturgy - Judaism
Religion Books All Religion General & Miscellaneous Religion
Science & Nature Social Sciences Anthropology & Archaeology
Science & Nature Social Sciences Jewish Studies
Science & Nature All Science & Nature Archaeology
Social Sciences Anthropology & Archaeology Archaeology
Social Sciences Jewish Studies Jewish History
Christianity Christianity All Religion
Nonfiction History Ancient History
Nonfiction History History of Science
Nonfiction History Middle Eastern History
Nonfiction History Religious History
Nonfiction History World History
Nonfiction Religion All Religion
Nonfiction Science & Nature All Science & Nature
Religion Books Christianity All Religion