Roman statues, rabbis, and Graeco-Roman art [videorecording] / [lecture by] Yaron Eliav ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Eliav, Yaron Z. Roman statues, rabbis, and Graeco-Roman art [videorecording] / [lecture by] Yaron Eliav ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

Roman statues, rabbis, and Graeco-Roman art [videorecording] / [lecture by] Yaron Eliav ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298460315

Lecturer Yaron Z. Eliav, the Jean and Samuel Frankel Professor of rabbinic literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, discusses how the Jews viewed Roman statuary and how their daily interaction with the statues was characterized by a wide spectrum of ideas and experiences. Focusing on rabbinic material and studying it within the broad context of Graeco-Roman views of statues, Eliav reveals how the rabbis' rulings on Roman statuary, far from expressing hostility toward all manifestations of the dominant culture, reflected instead the discerning attitudes of a minority group within the Roman world, a group that strove to shape its own way of life by utilizing a profound awareness of the surrounding cultural and physical landscapes.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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