Dura-Europos

Brody, Lisa R., and Gail L. Hoffman, eds. “Dura-Europos”, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:110170.
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Title
Dura-Europos: Crossroads of antiquity
Editor
Brody, Lisa R.
Hoffman, Gail L., 1959-
School
Arts and Sciences
Discipline
Classical Studies
Genre
catalog
Date Issued
2011
Publisher
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Extent
1 online resource (406 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
General Note
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College.
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Feb. 5-June 5, 2011.
Table of Contents
Yale University and Dura-Europos: from excavation to exhibition / Lisa R. Brody -- Preservation of art and artifacts from Dura-Europos : a conservator's perspective / Carol E. Snow -- Theory and methodology: study of identities using archaeological evidence from Dura-Europos / Gail L. Hoffman -- The emigre scholars of Dura-Europos / Margaret Olin -- The foundation and early life of Dura-Europos / Paul J. Kosmin -- Syria and the Middle Euphrates after Dura / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom -- The temples/tabernacles in the Dura-Europos synagogue paintings / Pamela Berger -- The Dura-Europos synagogue: images of a competitive community / Tessa Rajak -- The articulation of sacred space in the synagogue and Christian building at Dura-Europos / Charles B. McClendon -- New Testament imagery in the earliest Christian baptistery / Michale Peppard -- A peaceful pluralism: the Durene Mithraeum, synagogue, and Christina building / Patricia Deleeuw -- Strangers and sojourners: the religious behavior of Palmyrenes and other foreigners in Dura-Europos / Lucinda Dirven -- The Terentius Frieze in context / Maura K. Heyn -- The houses of Dura-Europos: archaeology, archive, and assemblage / J.A. Baird -- Dura-Europos: water, baths, latrines, and the Goddess Foruna in a desert city / Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow -- Ancient glass from Dura-Europos in perspective / Richard A. Grossmann -- The "celtic" bronzes from Dura-Europos: connections to Britain / Nancy Netzer -- Dark secrets of the archive: evidence for "chemical warfare" and martial convergences in the siege-mines of Dura-Europos / Simon James.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Statement of Responsibility
edited by Lisa R. Brody and Gail L. Hoffman
ISBN
9781892850164
1892850168
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:110170
Use Restrictions
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The publisher or original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Subject
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Dura-Europos (Extinct city)

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