Main entry:

Segal, Arthur.

Title & Author:

Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia / by Arthur Segal.

Publication:

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Description:

viii, 117 pages, 92 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 140

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index.
Preliminary Material / Arthur Segal -- Historical-Archaeological Introduction / Arthur Segal -- Architectural Analysis / Arthur Segal -- Glossary of Roman Theatre Architectural Terms / Arthur Segal -- Corpus / Arthur Segal -- Table of Comparative Data / Arthur Segal -- List of Abbreviations / Arthur Segal -- Bibliography / Arthur Segal -- Illustration Credits / Arthur Segal -- Index / Arthur Segal -- Figures / Arthur Segal -- Supplements to Mnemosyne.

Summary:

This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean and Hellenized population, but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment.
The author then offers a architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate.

ISBN:

9004101454 (alk. paper)
9789004101456 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Theaters Middle East.
Amphitheaters Middle East.
Architecture, Roman Middle East.
Théâtres Architetecture Moyen-Orient.
AmphithéâtreszMoyen-Orient.
Architecture romaine Moyen-Orient.
Amphitheaters
Architecture, Roman
Theaters
Amphitheater
Bauforschung
Geschichte
Provinz
Theaterbau
Bouwkunst.
Romeinse oudheid.
Theaters Israel.
Theaters Arabian Peninsula.
Amphitheaters Israel.
Amphitheaters Arabian Peninsula.
Architecture, Roman Israel.
Architecture, Roman Arabian Peninsula.
Théâtres antiques Palestine.
Théâtres antiques Arabie (province romaine)
Architecture romaine Palestine.
Architecture romaine Arabie (province romaine)
Théâtres Proche-Orient.
Amphithéâtres Proche-Orient.
Middle East
Arabia
Palästina
Römisches Reich
Eretz Israel Antiquities, Roman.
Arabian Peninsula Antiquities, Roman.
Proche-Orient Antiquités.

Added entries:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 140.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93062
Call No.: ID NA335.M628 S45; ID:95-B893
Status: Available