Les premières images du dialogue judéo-chrétien: les peintures murales de la synagogue (<i>c</i>. + 150 – 245-246) et du baptistère de Doura Europos (<i>c</i>. 232)Semitica et ClassicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/B9XWMZ2F/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SoniaFellousLes premières images du dialogue judéo-chrétien: les peintures murales de la synagogue (<i>c</i>. + 150 – 245-246) et du baptistère de Doura Europos (<i>c</i>. 232)http://syriaca.org/cbss/B9XWMZ2Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/B9XWMZ2Fhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/B9XWMZ2FSemitica et Classica92016143-166A new reading of the paintings of the Dura Europos Synagogue (modern Syria, 246) allows to reconsider its iconography as a polemical response to that of the neighboring Christian building (c. 232). The prayer hall of the synagogue is the first and only one whose murals are entirely covered with figurative biblical episodes, enhanced by extra-biblical Jewish sources (26 to 32). Its program features the biblical heroes (Moses, Elijah and David) in an apologetic purpose. The Christian building located near the Jewish one also contains a unique iconographical program dedicated to the miracles of Christ. Six paintings depict Jesus and his miracles and two episodes relate the Hebrew Bible (Adam and Eve and David and Goliath).
We propose to interpret the synagogue program not only following the three linear narratives but also the panels placed one opposite the other. They then form a reasoned response in the sense of Judaism to the program developed in the baptistery. This would be the first controversy between Jews and Christians through pictures in Antiquity but also the birth of the typological exegesis in their religious images.
Fellous, Sonia. “Les Premières Images Du Dialogue Judéo-Chrétien: Les Peintures Murales de La Synagogue (c. + 150 – 245-246) et Du Baptistère de Doura Europos (c. 232).” Semitica et Classica 9 (2016): 143–66.
Sonia Fellous, Les Premières Images Du Dialogue Judéo-Chrétien: Les Peintures Murales de La Synagogue (c. + 150 – 245-246) et Du Baptistère de Doura Europos (c. 232),” Semitica et Classica 9 (2016): 143–66.Dura EuroposI-III CEIII CEJewish-Christian relationsRoman Syriaarchaeologyartbaptisteryfrescoesiconographysynagogues