BAF / BASONOVA Zoom Lecture

From Sanctuary to Synagogue
Speaker: Robert Stieglitz, Rutgers University

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 8 PM EDT
PLEASE NOTE. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL SHARE THE NEW DATE AS SOON AS WE ARE NOTIFIED.

This illustrated lecture details the origins of the synagogue and its decorative arts. This religious institution and its practice has roots which can be traced back to the Biblical traditions of the "sanctuary"(miškan), also known as the Tabernacle, and the subsequent permanent "house" (bayit), or temple (miqdaš) built for the God of Israel.

Special attention will be given to the artistic motifs unearthed in the ancient synagogues unearthed in Israel, structures primarily datable to the Byzantine period (4th-7th centuries C.E.). The synagogues and their art can be seen as the culmination of a long process of development, whose roots are traceable to the Hellenistic era (3rd-1st centuries B.C.E.).

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