Image and Text in the Jewish Epitaphs of Late Ancient Rome

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" Image and Text in the Jewish Epitaphs of Late Ancient Rome "
Margaret H. Williams

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075064
Doc. No	:	LA118693
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006311X586287‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Margaret H. Williams
Title & Author	:	Image and Text in the Jewish Epitaphs of Late Ancient Rome [Article]\ Margaret H. Williams
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	42/3
Page No	:	328–350
Abstract	:	This paper aims to establish for the first time the relationship between the verbal and visual elements of the Jewish epitaphs from 3d/4th-century C.E. Rome. A close analysis of the approximately 500 usable inscriptions leads to the conclusion that, the Jewish character of most of the images notwithstanding, the key operative factor at every social level was Roman memorialisation practice. The study thus throws considerable light on the acculturation of Rome’s Jews in Late Antiquity. Two appendices, in which all the symbols that occur are listed individually and by cluster, complete the study. This paper aims to establish for the first time the relationship between the verbal and visual elements of the Jewish epitaphs from 3d/4th-century C.E. Rome. A close analysis of the approximately 500 usable inscriptions leads to the conclusion that, the Jewish character of most of the images notwithstanding, the key operative factor at every social level was Roman memorialisation practice. The study thus throws considerable light on the acculturation of Rome’s Jews in Late Antiquity. Two appendices, in which all the symbols that occur are listed individually and by cluster, complete the study.
Descriptor	:	catacomb
Descriptor	:	epitaph
Descriptor	:	grammateus
Descriptor	:	loculus
Descriptor	:	menorah
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006311X586287‬