| Editor & Curator |
Joan Goodnick Westenholz. |
| Imprint |
Jerusalem, Israel, 1995. 145 pp., illustrations: 13 col., 77 b&w, 26.7 × 21.3 cm. English. |
| Location |
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem (January–June 1995) |
| Description |
The history, character and context of the Jewish community in ancient Rome. Four main themes framed the exhibition: the Jewish Community of Rome (its synagogues, religious life, women’s role in the synagogue), the Jews as Roman Citizens, Roman Jews and Judaean Jews, and Rome in Rabbinic Thought. Also includes the essay “The Synagogue of Ostia and its Torah Shrine” (Steven Fine and Miriam Della Pergola). Descriptive entries. 82 items. |
| Description |
This exhibition opened only a few months after Israel and the Vatican formally established diplomatic relations, and represents the first cultural exchange from the Vatican to the State of Israel. |
| main keywords |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS |
| minor keywords |
Gold glass |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 5 col., 1 b&w illus., 20.8 × 10 cm; “Auxiliary sheet” with explanatory texts on various topics and issues in the exhibition, leaflet, 4 pp., 4 b&w illus., 30 × 21 cm. |
