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An Introduction to Synagogues in Jewish Inscriptions from the Graeco-Roman World
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kant, Laurence H. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | I plan here to introduce readers to the relevance of Greek and Latin inscriptions for the interpretation of early Jewish synagogues. Inscriptions (Gk. εíπιγραφαι'; Lat. tituli) generally refer to writing on relatively solid, durable materials, especially stone and metal, but also (for example) plaster, stucco, glass, and fired clay. For the most part, these materials comprise stationary objects: e.g. walls, floors, ceilings, columns, pillars, doors and doorjambs, chairs and tables, altars, herms, statues and statue bases, cippi and stelae, milestones, millstones, aqueducts, gravestones and grave markers, sarcophagi, as well as urns and ossuaries. Composers of epigraphic texts could chisel, hammer, drill, cut, employ compasses, etch, paint, stamp, use molds, or tesselate them (as in mosaics). The study of inscriptions is usually referred to as epigraphy.1 The inscriptions were themselves intended to be viewed for the then foreseeable longterm future in order to memorialize decrees, laws, donors, honorees, the deceased and their families, public and private associations (political, religious, social, or trade), and many others. Central to the function οf inscriptions in antiquity was the sense of permanence (and even survivability) conveyed by them, and such a quality of perenniality is also |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://mysticscholar-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/SynagogueTalk1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
