"Epigraphical" Rabbis,Helios, and Psalm 19.

Uncovers several ancient Jewish synagogues with mosaic floors that contain pagan motifs and themes. Discussion about whether the rabbis and their followers could have assimilated some of the ideas represented by the pagan motifs into their weltanschauung; Details of the fifth-century synagogue mosa...

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Published in:	Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 27 - 77
Main Author:	Miller, Stuart S.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2004
Subjects:	Synagogue architecture Synagogues Mosaic floors Paganism Rabbis Worldview Sepphoris (Extinct city)
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