The Curious Case of Noah's ...BOX?
The article discusses the manner in which artists represented Noah's ark during the early first millennium A.D. as indicated in the discovered mosaic flood scene in the fifth-century A.D. Huqoq synagogue in Israel. Topics covered include the representations of Noah's ark on a series of coi...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| In: |
Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2021, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 56-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Noah
/ Deluge
/ Ark of Noah (Motif)
/ Archaeology
/ Hukok
/ Synagogue
/ Mosaic
/ Coin hoards
/ Dinar (Provinz Afyonkarahisar)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible
B History of Biblical events B COINS; History B Noah's Ark B BIBLE; History of Biblical events; Art B CHRISTIAN art & symbolism B FLOODS in art B Species B Noah's ark in art |
| Summary: | The article discusses the manner in which artists represented Noah's ark during the early first millennium A.D. as indicated in the discovered mosaic flood scene in the fifth-century A.D. Huqoq synagogue in Israel. Topics covered include the representations of Noah's ark on a series of coins from the ancient site of Apamea Kibotos, modern Dinar in Turkey, how the flood became a common theme in early Christian art and the Greek inscription on the open cover of the box in the Mopsuestia scene. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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