Main entry:

Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell, 1893-1965, author.

Title & Author:

Jewish symbols in the Greco-Roman period / Erwin R. Goodenough.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Published for Bollingen Foundation Inc. by Pantheon Books, [1953-1968]

Description:

13 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm

Series:

Bollingen series ; 37

Notes:
Vol. 13 has imprint: [Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v. 1. The archeological evidence from Palestine -- v. 2. The archeological evidence from the Diaspora -- v. 3. Illustrations -- v. 4. The problem of method. Symbols from Jewish cult -- v. 5-6. Fish, bread, and wine -- v. 7-8. Pagan symbols in Judaism -- v. 9-11. Symbolism in the Dura Synagogue -- v. 12. Summary and conclusions -- v. 13. Indexes and maps, with the author's corrigenda and comments for the preceding volumes.

Summary:

"Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offered evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism."-- Taken from Princeton University Press web site.

Subject:

Jews Antiquities.
Jewish art and symbolism.
Jews Civilization Greek influences.
Hellenism.
Synagogues Syria Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Juifs Antiquités.
Symbolisme juif.
Juifs Civilisation Influence grecque.
Hellénisme.
Synagogues Syria Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
Symboliek.
Synagogen.
Jodendom.
Romeinse oudheid.
Jewish art.
Synagogues Syria Dura-Europos.
Doura Europos (ville ancienne) Synagogues.
Art juif.
Judaïsme Antiquité.
Palestine Antiquities.
Dura-Europos (Extinct city)
Palestine Antiquités.
Doura-Europos (Ville ancienne)
Eretz Israel Antiquities.

Added entries:

Bollingen Foundation.
Bollingen series ; 37.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 66109
Call No.: PO1314; ID:85-B9412
Copy: v. 12
Status: Available