Teaching with Images among the Jews and Manichaeans of Late Antique Mesopotamia

Although much has been written about the art of the famous synagogue at Dura-Europos, its rootedness in Mesopotamia has gone largely unexplored. This study looks south along the local trade routes to Iranian Babylonia and examines evidence available about the religious function of Durian Jewish and...

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Main Author: Gulácsi, Zsuzsanna 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum [2020]
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mesopotamia / Dura-Europos / Synagogue / Religious painting / School teaching / Manichaeism / Mani 216-277, Aržang / Interfaith dialogue
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BC Ancient Orient; religion
BF Gnosticism
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Mesopotamia
B religious art
B book paintings
B Book of Pictures
B Dura-Europos
B function of art
B Synagogue
B murals
B Mani
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