The Art of Dura-Europos
The Art of Dura-Europos

Author: Ann Louise Perkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Dura-Europos, A mesopotamian city of the Hellenistic-Roman period, ia a site remarkably rich in works of art. Although the quality is not of the first rank, the monuments are extremely interesting for their eclectic nature. Dura's location on the euphrates River and the varying fortunes of its history exposed it to a number of different cultural traditions, and the influence of these on the formation of the Durene style of art is considered in this book. ..... [from front flap]

My Dura-Europos
My Dura-Europos

Author: Susan Mary Hopkins

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780814335888

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Describes life from a woman's perspective at the excavation of Dura-Europos, an ancient site that contained many remarkable archaeological finds.

The World's Oldest Church
The World's Oldest Church

Author: Michael Peppard

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0300216513

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Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not primarily embody notions of death and resurrection. Rather, he portrays the motifs of the church’s wall paintings as those of empowerment, healing, marriage, and incarnation, while boldly reidentifying the figure of a woman formerly believed to be a repentant sinner as the Virgin Mary. This richly illustrated volume is a breakthrough work that enhances our understanding of early Christianity at the nexus of Bible, art, and ritual.

Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos

Author: Jennifer Baird

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1472526732

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Dura-Europos is one of Syria's most important archaeological sites. Situated on the edge of the Euphrates river, it was the subject of extensive excavations in the 1920s and 30s by teams from Yale University and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Controlled variously by Seleucid, Parthian, and Roman powers, the site was one of impressive religious and linguistic diversity: it was home to at least nineteen sanctuaries, amongst them a Synagogue and a Christian building, and many languages, including Greek, Latin, Persian, Palmyrene, and Hebrew which were excavated on inscriptions, parchments, and graffiti. Based on the author's work excavating at the site with the Mission Franco-Syrienne d'Europos-Doura and extensive archival research, this book provides an overview of the site and its history, and traces the story of its investigation from archaeological discovery to contemporary destruction.

Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos

Author: Lisa R. Brody

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892850164

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"This publication is published in conjunction with the exhibition Dura-Europos: crossroads of antiquity organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College."--Tp. verso.

Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos
Religion, Society and Culture at Dura-Europos

Author: Ted Kaizer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1107123798

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This book advances our understanding of the religion, society and culture of Dura-Europos, known as the 'Pompeii of the Syrian desert'.

The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos
The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos

Author: Lucinda Dirven

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9004295925

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This volume deals with the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos during the first three centuries of the Common Era, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this migrant community and their new residence. By studying the religious interaction of distinct groups on a local level, this study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the process of religious development and change in Syria during the Roman period. Information on the Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos consists primarily of archaeological remains that have been found there. The Palmyrene materials from Dura-Europos have never been published collectively, and for this reason they are enumerated and re-evaluated in the appendix. The book is richly illustrated with 20 figures and 22 plates.

Architecture of the Sacred
Architecture of the Sacred

Author: Bonna D. Wescoat

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-10-13

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 110737829X

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In this book, a distinguished team of authors explores the way space, place, architecture, and ritual interact to construct sacred experience in the historical cultures of the eastern Mediterranean. Essays address fundamental issues and features that enable buildings to perform as spiritually transformative spaces in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, early Christian, and Byzantine civilizations. Collectively they demonstrate the multiple ways in which works of architecture and their settings were active agents in the ritual process. Architecture did not merely host events; rather, it magnified and elevated them, interacting with rituals facilitating the construction of ceremony. This book examines comparatively the ways in which ideas and situations generated by the interaction of place, built environment, ritual action, and memory contributed to the cultural formulation of the sacred experience in different religious faiths.