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vcard" style="border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ADD8E6">Dura-Europos synagogue</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg/310px-Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg/465px-Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg/620px-Doura_Europos_synagogue_courtyard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Courtyard, western porch and prayer hall</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ADD8E6">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Ecclesiastical or organisational status</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Historic_synagogues" title="Historic synagogues">Ancient synagogue</a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_site" title="Archaeological site">Archaeological site</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Destroyed</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ADD8E6">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dura-Europos" title="Dura-Europos">Dura-Europos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_Governorate" title="Deir ez-Zor Governorate">Deir ez-Zor Governorate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria_physical_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dura-Europos synagogue is located in Syria"><img alt="Dura-Europos synagogue is located in Syria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/250px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/375px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/500px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="806" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:50.939%;left:74.708%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Dura-Europos synagogue"><img alt="Dura-Europos synagogue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of the ancient former synagogue in Syria</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dura-Europos_synagogue&params=34.7474_N_40.7272_E_region:SY_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°44′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">40°43′38″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.7474°N 40.7272°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.7474; 40.7272</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ADD8E6">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 244</span> <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Destroyed</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2014</span> during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Dura-Europos Synagogue</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura-Europos_plan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Dura-Europos_plan.png/250px-Dura-Europos_plan.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Dura-Europos_plan.png/375px-Dura-Europos_plan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Dura-Europos_plan.png/500px-Dura-Europos_plan.png 2x" data-file-width="3112" data-file-height="3265" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Map of Dura Europos and location of the former synagogue in islet L7.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abandoned</th><td class="infobox-data">256–257 CE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Periods</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">Classical antiquity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultures</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sassanid" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid">Sassanid</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Site notes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discovered</th><td class="infobox-data">1932</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Dura-Europos synagogue</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Historic_synagogues" title="Historic synagogues">ancient</a> <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> former <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a> discovered in 1932 at <a href="/wiki/Dura-Europos" title="Dura-Europos">Dura-Europos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. The former synagogue contained a forecourt and house of assembly with painted walls depicting people and animals, and a <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> shrine in the western wall facing <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. It was built backing on to the city wall, which was important in its survival. The last phase of construction was dated by an <a href="/wiki/Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a> inscription to 244 CE, making it one of the <a href="/wiki/Oldest_synagogues_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest synagogues in the world">oldest synagogues in the world</a>. It was unique among the many ancient synagogues that have emerged from <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_excavation" title="Archaeological excavation">archaeological excavations</a> as the structure was preserved virtually intact, and it had extensive <a href="/wiki/Figurative_art" title="Figurative art">figurative</a> wall-paintings, which came as a considerable surprise to scholars. These paintings are now displayed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Damascus" title="National Museum of Damascus">National Museum of Damascus</a>. </p><p>Dura-Europos was a small garrison and trading city on the <a href="/wiki/River_Euphrates" class="mw-redirect" title="River Euphrates">river Euphrates</a>, and usually on the frontier between the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Roman Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian</a> and finally the <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid Empire">Sassanid Empires</a> of <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>. It changed hands at various points but was Roman from 165 AD. Before the final Persian destruction of the town in 256–257 AD, parts of the synagogue which abutted the main city wall were apparently requisitioned and filled with sand as a defensive measure. The city was abandoned after its fall and never resettled, and the lower walls of the rooms remained buried and largely intact until excavated. The short measure of time during which it was used ensured that it would have limited impact upon Jewish or Christian art. The excavations also discovered very important wall-paintings from places of worship of Christianity at the <a href="/wiki/Dura-Europos_church" title="Dura-Europos church">Dura-Europos church</a>. In addition, there were wall paintings edifying <a href="/wiki/Mithraism" title="Mithraism">Mithraism</a>, and fragmentary Christian texts in <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>, the site was occupied by <a href="/wiki/ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIL">ISIL</a>, and what was left of the synagogue and a number of other buildings there appear to have been destroyed,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> possibly in 2014. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jewish_community_of_Dura_Europos">Jewish community of Dura Europos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Jewish community of Dura Europos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png/770px-Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png" decoding="async" width="770" height="462" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png/1155px-Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png/1540px-Image-Diaspora_synagogues_in_Antiquity.png 2x" data-file-width="1770" data-file-height="1062" /></a><figcaption>On this map, Dura Europos is located in the far east. The remaining dots indicate the location of other synagogues in the Jewish Diaspora during the first two centuries.</figcaption></figure> <p>The presence of a Jewish community in Dura Europos long preceded the construction of the synagogue. The cities of Mesopotamia had flourishing Jewish communities, whose members descended both from exiles during the time of <a href="/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II" title="Nebuchadnezzar II">Nebuchadnezzar II</a> and from refugees from the <a href="/wiki/Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_wars" title="Jewish–Roman wars">Jewish–Roman wars</a> under <a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a>. The Jewish diaspora had an official representative in the <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empires</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Exilarch" title="Exilarch">exilarch</a>, necessarily of Davidic descent. The towns of <a href="/wiki/Sura_(city)" title="Sura (city)">Sura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nehardea" title="Nehardea">Nehardea</a> were home to <a href="/wiki/Talmudic_academies_in_Babylonia" title="Talmudic academies in Babylonia">Talmudic academies</a> whose fame can even exceed that of Palestine's, thanks to the respective influence of <a href="/wiki/Abba_Arika" class="mw-redirect" title="Abba Arika">Abba Arika</a> (Rav) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rabbi_Chila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rabbi Chila (page does not exist)">Rabbi Chila</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajna115_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajna115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Important caravan town on the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a>, Dura Europos very likely had a Jewish community from the 2 or 1 centuries AD. There is nevertheless no archaeological trace of a religious organization before the installation of the synagogue.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture_of_the_synagogue">Architecture of the synagogue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture of the synagogue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The synagogue is a building belonging to the L7 block of Dura Europos:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the city was organized according to a <a href="/wiki/Hippodamian_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippodamian plan">Hippodamian plan</a> of regular rectangular blocks of 35–70 m (115–230 ft) since its development by the <a href="/wiki/Seleucids" class="mw-redirect" title="Seleucids">Seleucids</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LericheClio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LericheClio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which archaeologists have arbitrarily numbered for more convenient reference. This islet L7 is located in the first north-south row, and the second east-west row north of the <a href="/wiki/Decumanus_Maximus" class="mw-redirect" title="Decumanus Maximus">Decumanus Maximus</a>: it is therefore bordered to the west by the street along the rampart, between the towers 19 and 20, and on the other sides respectively by streets A to the east, 2 to the south and 4 to the north. </p><p>It was originally a residential block comprising up to ten separate units (designated by the letters A to I on the map below),<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of which was dedicated to the needs of the Jewish community and transformed into a building of worship. This location on the outskirts of the city, as well as modesty of the first building, are often used as an argument to emphasize the small size of the community.<sup id="cite_ref-Rajna115_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajna115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the expansions and reconstructions made necessary by its development, the synagogue ended up becoming the central nucleus and the most important building of a small Jewish quarter. The last state of the building, with its famous frescoes, is thus the second phase of the second synagogue to occupy the place. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 377.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 375.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Isometric reconstruction of the L7 islet in Dura-Europos."><img alt="Isometric reconstruction of the L7 islet in Dura-Europos." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg/563px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="376" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg/844px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg/1125px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_isometric_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Isometric reconstruction of the L7 islet in Dura-Europos.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 311.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 309.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plan of islet L7 in Dura-Europos, with the synagogue (in red) and its outbuildings (in pink). According to the plan of NC Andrews (1941) taken up in Hachlili 1998, p. 41."><img alt="Plan of islet L7 in Dura-Europos, with the synagogue (in red) and its outbuildings (in pink). According to the plan of NC Andrews (1941) taken up in Hachlili 1998, p. 41." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg/464px-Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg/696px-Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg/928px-Dura_Europos_L7_City_Block.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="538" data-file-height="348" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plan of islet L7 in Dura-Europos, with the synagogue (in red) and its outbuildings (in pink). According to the plan of NC Andrews (1941) taken up in <a href="#CITEREFHachlili1998">Hachlili 1998</a>, p. 41.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Restored plan of the first synagogue. 1. Central courtyard 2. Community assembly hall 3. Corridor 4. Reception hall 5. Reception hall 6. Residential room 7. Auxiliary room to the assembly hall Plan based on notes by Henry Pearson (circa 1936) as mentioned in Hopkins 1979."><img alt="Restored plan of the first synagogue. 1. Central courtyard 2. Community assembly hall 3. Corridor 4. Reception hall 5. Reception hall 6. Residential room 7. Auxiliary room to the assembly hall Plan based on notes by Henry Pearson (circa 1936) as mentioned in Hopkins 1979." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg/217px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg/325px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg/434px-Dura_Europos_synagogue_I_plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="162" data-file-height="224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Restored plan of the first synagogue. <br />1. Central courtyard<br />2. Community assembly hall<br />3. Corridor<br />4. Reception hall <br />5. Reception hall<br />6. Residential room<br />7. Auxiliary room to the assembly hall<br />Plan based on notes by Henry Pearson (circa 1936) as mentioned in <a href="#CITEREFHopkins1979">Hopkins 1979</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Torah_shrine">Torah shrine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Torah shrine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura-Europos_archival_photograph,_Synagogue,_west_wall,_aedicula,_general_view_Synagogue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg/220px-Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg/330px-Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg/440px-Dura-Europos_archival_photograph%2C_Synagogue%2C_west_wall%2C_aedicula%2C_general_view_Synagogue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="1306" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Torah_shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Torah shrine">Torah shrine</a>, Dura-Europos</figcaption></figure> <p>The decoration of the <a href="/wiki/Torah_shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Torah shrine">Torah shrine</a> consists of two elements. The first one includes, "the uppermost step of the niche-block, the columns of the facade, and the intrados of the archivolt."<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second one involves important religious scenes, objects and pictures of Jewish worship. </p><p>The interior of the niche consists of three parts: the conch had a light-blue color that faded all at once after the excavation. The outer surface of the shell is a rich green color. The columns and the bottom of the niche are painted to look like marble revetments. The bottom of the niche consists of five rectangular panels that are framed on top and bottom by pink bands, and there are red vertical bands to separate them from each other. Out of the five panels, one and five are a pair and two and four are another pair: they are all designed by the same fashion. For the first and the fifth panel, the artists used black diagonal lines to divide triangular patterned designs. Opposing triangles on the top and the bottom of the panel has red stripes and are inscribed with peltae. Opposing triangles on the sides of the panels are decorated with brown-lined irregular concentric shapes, with a green dot in the middle of each. On the second and the fourth panels, the outer frame is decorated with red and pink bands, and alternating red dots and strokes against the white background, with bead-and-reel designs on the corners. On the corners of the strips, there are three-petal like strokes. Inside the frame, there are wavy green and dark green curvy lines of different thickness drawn from the top left and right corners of the panel towards the middle. The central panel of the niche consists of a veined black diamond with a yellow circle in the middle. The diamond is framed with the same bead-and-reel design that surrounded the second and the fourth panels. The four triangles that are on the side of the diamond are decorated in brown colors. </p><p>The figural decoration above the niche on the front face of the arch is particularly significant. The spandrels formed a rectangle that is 1.47m wide and 1.06m high, framed by a pink border that is 0.04m–0.05m wide. On the left side of the front face is a representation of a menorah, and on the right side was a depiction of the <a href="/wiki/Binding_of_Isaac" title="Binding of Isaac">sacrifice of Isaac.</a> Depicted in the central position was a columned building with an arched doorway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wall_paintings">Wall paintings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wall paintings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The paintings cover the walls of the main "Assembly Room", using three levels of pictures over a <a href="/wiki/Dado_(architecture)" title="Dado (architecture)">dado</a> frieze of symbols in most places, reaching a height of about 7 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stylistically they are provincial versions of contemporary <a href="/wiki/Graeco-Roman" class="mw-redirect" title="Graeco-Roman">Graeco-Roman</a> style and technique; several different artists seem to have worked on them. Technically they are not <a href="/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco">fresco</a> (paint fused into wet plaster) but <a href="/wiki/Tempera" title="Tempera">tempera</a> over plaster. Earlier parts of the building have decorative painting with no figures. Some of the paintings have figures whose eyes have been scratched out, especially those in Persian costume. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iconography">Iconography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Iconography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scholars cannot agree on the subjects of some scenes, because of damage, or the lack of comparative examples. </p><p>The scenes depicted are drawn from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> and include many narrative scenes, and some single figure "portraits"—58 scenes in total, probably representing about 60% of the original number. They include the <a href="/wiki/Binding_of_Isaac" title="Binding of Isaac">Binding of Isaac</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a> stories, <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> receiving the <a href="/wiki/Tablets_of_the_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Tablets of the Law">Tablets of the Law</a>, Moses leading the <a href="/wiki/Hebrews" title="Hebrews">Hebrews</a> out of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, Moses at the <a href="/wiki/Burning_bush" title="Burning bush">burning bush</a>, the visions of <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel" title="Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a>, a figure of <a href="/wiki/Enoch" title="Enoch">Enoch</a> or possibly <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massah_and_Meribah" title="Massah and Meribah">the water miracle in the desert</a>, the return of <a href="/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark</a> from the temple of <a href="/wiki/Dagon" title="Dagon">Dagon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ezra" title="Ezra">Ezra</a> with the scrolls and many others.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Hand_of_God_(art)" title="Hand of God (art)">Hand of God</a> <a href="/wiki/Motif_(visual_arts)" title="Motif (visual arts)">motif</a> is used to represent divine intervention or approval in several paintings.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been scholarly debates questioning the wall paintings' influence over later Jewish and/or Christian iconography, which have been held due to the relevance of such early depictions of the biblical narrative.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png/220px-Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png/330px-Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png/440px-Western_Wall_Scenes_Labeled.png 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>Western wall paintings schematic breaks the wall into discrete sections designated by whichever biblical scene or figure each painting portrays<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 231">: 231 </span></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Depictions of <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Exodus" title="Book of Exodus">Book of Exodus</a> occupy significant swathes of space in the paintings on the Western Wall of the synagogue - of the 12 discrete paintings identified in the Hopkins schematic, 3 center on the narrative of Moses' life, with a total of 7 depictions of Moses across the western wall. Some paintings contain multiple representations of Moses within one distinct scene.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg/220px-AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg/330px-AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg/440px-AHSC_ORPHANS_1071314236.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption>Moses leading the Israelites across the Red Sea, a temple<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png/220px-Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png/330px-Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png/440px-Dura-Europos_wall_painting_Aramaic_Moses_inscription.png 2x" data-file-width="1110" data-file-height="767" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Susan_M._Hopkins" title="Susan M. Hopkins">Susan Hopkins</a> pointing to the figure of Moses with the detail showing the Aramaic inscription<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 220">: 220 </span></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The painting of Moses leading the <a href="/wiki/Israelites" title="Israelites">Israelites</a> out of Egypt features multiple Moses figures, much like the painting labeled <i>WC4</i>. Between the first Moses's legs is an inscription in <a href="/wiki/Aramaic" title="Aramaic">Aramaic</a> reading, "Moses, when he went out from Egypt and cleft the sea."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 219">: 219 </span></sup> This inscription firmly identifies the murals as depicting the story of Moses leading the Israelites <a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_Red_Sea" title="Crossing the Red Sea">across the Red Sea</a> from the Book of Exodus. First (on the right) Moses is seen raising a club-like staff and facing to the left, leading an army of Israelites behind him. Second, Moses is seen lowering his staff over the Red Sea, causing its parted waters to close and engulf the pursuing Egyptian army. Here he is facing to the right of the painting. And finally, Moses is seen looking to the left at his safely absconded Israelites, holding his staff at his side, pointed downward.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yale_1935.51.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Yale_1935.51.jpg/220px-Yale_1935.51.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Yale_1935.51.jpg/330px-Yale_1935.51.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Yale_1935.51.jpg/440px-Yale_1935.51.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1382" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Relief <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Hercules,_Dura-Europos" title="Statue of Hercules, Dura-Europos">depicting Hercules</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Zeus_Theos,_Dura-Europos" title="Temple of Zeus Theos, Dura-Europos">Temple of Zeus</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The synagogue paintings' portrayal of Moses and the Israelites each contain influences from the concurrent Roman military culture. Moses is portrayed as the leader of the Israelites who are shown not as civilians or slaves, but as an armed military force. In this context, Moses' powerful stance and comparatively large size present him as the military leader of the Israelites. His long club-like rod or staff and bearded visage have been compared to a relief of <a href="/wiki/Hercules" title="Hercules">Hercules</a> from the 2nd-century Durene <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Zeus_Theos,_Dura-Europos" title="Temple of Zeus Theos, Dura-Europos">temple of Zeus</a>, built during the 114 CE Roman occupation of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mass of Israelites positioned to his left carry shields and spears. Their shields are layered and overlapped over one another to form a physical barrier, much like the Roman shield wall formations of the <a href="/wiki/Phalanx" title="Phalanx">phalanx</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Testudo_formation" title="Testudo formation">testudo</a>. Behind the Israelite soldiers stand figures representing the twelve Elders of Israel, each holding a pole with a square banner or flag, resembling the Roman <a href="/wiki/Vexillum" title="Vexillum">vexillum</a>, the military standards of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_army" title="Roman army">Roman army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below the painting of Moses and the Israelites is a painting of a temple, portrayed explicitly as a contemporary Roman-style temple. The temple's pediment is low and is decorated with a <a href="/wiki/Rinceau" title="Rinceau">rinceau</a> design, often and originally found in Roman buildings. The temple also features <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_order" title="Corinthian order">Corinthian</a> columns, characteristic of both earlier Hellenistic and contemporary <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_architecture" title="Ancient Roman architecture">Roman architecture</a>. At either end of each of the temple's two pediments are <a href="/wiki/Acroterion" title="Acroterion">acroteria</a> in the form of winged victory or <a href="/wiki/Nike_(mythology)" title="Nike (mythology)">Nike</a> figures. Both the architectural ornament of the acroteria and the Nike symbol stem are characteristic of <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_art" title="Hellenistic art">Hellenistic</a> and contemporary Roman architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Consecration_of_the_Tabernacle_mural">Consecration of the Tabernacle mural</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Consecration of the Tabernacle mural"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herod%27s_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Herod%27s_Temple.jpg/220px-Herod%27s_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Herod%27s_Temple.jpg/330px-Herod%27s_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Herod%27s_Temple.jpg/440px-Herod%27s_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="989" /></a><figcaption>Consecration of the <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a> (c. 245–256 CE)</figcaption></figure> <p>Located on the western wall of the synagogue, just left of the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> <a href="/wiki/Torah_ark" title="Torah ark">niche</a>, is a mural depicting the <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a>. The artist did not follow the biblical description of the Tabernacle as a tent, but rather was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Roman_temple" title="Roman temple">Roman temples</a>, and includes a <a href="/wiki/Cella" title="Cella">cella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pediment" title="Pediment">pediment</a> and capitals of the <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_order" title="Corinthian order">Corinthian order</a>. The local Jewish population did not mind illustrating the Tabernacle based on Roman civil architecture for unknown reasons. Coins showing similar structures were found in Dura-Europos, and the painter might have used them as models.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In this particular work, <a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> is depicted standing just to the right of the door of the tent of meeting, denoted by the <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek alphabet</a> inscription <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ΑΡΩΝ</span></span> ("ARON").<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is dressed in contemporary Persian or Sassanid style, but with the same colors mentioned in the Book of Exodus: gold, blue, and purple. The <a href="/wiki/Ephod" title="Ephod">Ephod</a> worn by the high priest as described in the Bible is not shown.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To the bottom left, there is a young priest leading a cow, which is the special sacrificial <a href="/wiki/Red_heifer" title="Red heifer">red heifer</a>. A dorsal band decorates its body. The two animals just to the left of Aaron, a bull and a ram, are <a href="/wiki/Korban" title="Korban">atonement sacrifices</a> for Aaron to be made on <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>Selected paintings of the Dura-Europos synagogue</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses"><img alt="Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg/160px-Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg/240px-Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg/320px-Dura_Europos_fresco_Moses_from_river.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="662" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pharaoh%27s_daughter_(Exodus)" title="Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus)">Pharaoh's daughter</a> <a href="/wiki/Finding_of_Moses" title="Finding of Moses">finds</a> <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Golden Calf"><img alt="Golden Calf" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg/160px-Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg/240px-Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg/320px-Dura_Europos_fresco_worshipping_gold_calf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="633" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Golden_Calf" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Calf">Golden Calf</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samuel anoints David"><img alt="Samuel anoints David" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg/160px-Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg/240px-Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg/320px-Dura_Synagogue_WC3_David_anointed_by_Samuel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="873" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a> <a href="/wiki/Anointing" title="Anointing">anoints</a> <a href="/wiki/King_David" class="mw-redirect" title="King David">David</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mordecai and Esther"><img alt="Mordecai and Esther" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg/160px-Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg/240px-Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg/320px-Mordecai_and_Esther.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1021" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mordecai" title="Mordecai">Mordecai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Esther" title="Esther">Esther</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Ciborium; Herod's Temple appears on top, in a similar style as depicted on the Bar-Kokhva revolt coins"><img alt="The Ciborium; Herod's Temple appears on top, in a similar style as depicted on the Bar-Kokhva revolt coins" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg/107px-Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg/161px-Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg/215px-Dura_Synagogue_ciborium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1104" data-file-height="1744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Ciborium; <a href="/wiki/Herod%27s_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Herod's Temple">Herod's Temple</a> appears on top, in a similar style as depicted on the <a href="/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_Revolt_coinage" class="mw-redirect" title="Bar Kokhba Revolt coinage">Bar-Kokhva revolt coins</a></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ceiling">Ceiling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ceiling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ceiling was believed to have been created between 244 CE and 245 CE; it was part of the retransformation from which the Dura-Europos synagogue derived. It was around 7m tall and had dimensions of 13.65m x 7.68m,<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> like the assembly hall. It was later found out that the previous synagogue was also decorated similarly, including tiles decorated with fruits, shapes, and flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Dura-Europos synagogue's ceiling was made up of even smaller tiles than the previous ceiling; it occupied a larger space and had a wider variety of tile inscriptions.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The synagogue's ceiling is made up of repeated tiles and inscriptions. The ceiling is often compared to aerial mosaics, similar to coffered ceilings that supported the tiles,<sup id="cite_ref-:8_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were already discovered in western societies, such as Roman and Hellenistic cities.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original placement of the tiles, between 244 CE and 245 CE, has not been clearly stated, but each tile was around 0.37 to 0.42 m2 and about 0.045 m in depth.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were formed out of terracotta, which was heated, then decorated and plastered to the above ceiling. Imprints of brick and wooden beams were located on the ceiling tile at the time of the synagogue's build and made the tiles' placement clearer.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tile_with_capricorn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Tile_with_capricorn.jpg/220px-Tile_with_capricorn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Tile_with_capricorn.jpg/330px-Tile_with_capricorn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Tile_with_capricorn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A Capricorn Tile from the Dura-Europos synagogue Ceiling</figcaption></figure> <p>The tiles are consistent with either pictorial images or inscriptions being displayed. There were about 20 different pictorial tiles that were repeated across the ceiling.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They varied from sea animals, land animals, grains, and vegetation to faces and females.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often displayed are female faces, which have been counted to recur 23 times on the ceiling and usually follow a particular pattern.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The available prototypes are considered goddesses such as "Flora"<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "Demeter-Persephone."<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Female faces were among the most popular pictorial tiles. Other popular pictorial types include vegetation, which consists of about 41 roses/flowers, a centaur, and pinecones, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other tiles have a goat's head attached to a fishtail, which is often classified as a sea-goat;<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> others are thought to represent Capricorn and Pisces.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another theme was the evil eye; an example is a tile featuring a double-lidded eye with a snake on either side.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same tile also had a scab, which was thought to be a scorpion, and three nails above the eye, with the inscription "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%B8%CE%B1%CF%89" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Ἰαω">IAO</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several tiles, both inscribed and pictorials, had mystical and symbolic meanings. Even though it is debated, some scholars claim that the entirety of the ceiling symbolizes heaven and eternal immortality.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, some uncertainty remains due to the paint not being recognizable on the tile after sun exposure.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 234 tiles were discovered and brought back at the time of discovery.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there may be more that were destroyed and different designs that had not been discovered.   </p><p>The inscribed tiles were written in Greek or Aramaic and followed a specific prototype.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tiles saved were mainly in Greek; the prototype was the tile painted black, with a black and red leafy wreath on it, where text was confined.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the first tiles discovered, in Greek, reads "(Samuel [son] of Yedaya, elder of the Jews founded [the building])",<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> naming Archisynagogue Samuel<sup id="cite_ref-:10_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the 'founder'<sup id="cite_ref-:9_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 245 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often names were mentioned, and it suggested that they were donors<sup id="cite_ref-:8_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or people involved in the creation, reconstruction, or decoration of the synagogue; it is not clear what their roles were, but their involvement is evident.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_19-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_context_and_purpose_of_the_murals">Cultural context and purpose of the murals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cultural context and purpose of the murals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of the paintings adorning the walls, the synagogue was at first mistaken for a Greek temple, though this was quickly corrected by the vice-director of excavations <a href="/wiki/Robert_du_Mesnil_du_Buisson" title="Robert du Mesnil du Buisson">Robert du Mesnil du Buisson</a> in <i>Les peintures de la synagogue de Doura-Europos</i> (Rome, 1939). Mesnil also made detailed comparisons of the <a href="/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze">friezes</a> from the Dura synagogue with those of the <a href="/wiki/Mithraeum" title="Mithraeum">mithraeum</a>, the Christian baptistery, and the temple of the <a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyrene</a> gods.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scholars think the paintings were used as an instructional display to educate and teach the history and laws of the religion. Some think that this synagogue was painted in order to compete with the many other religions practiced in Dura-Europos; the new (and considerably smaller) Christian <a href="/wiki/Dura-Europos_church" title="Dura-Europos church">Dura-Europos church</a> appears to have opened shortly before the surviving paintings were begun in the synagogue. The large-scale pictorial art in the synagogue came as a surprise to scholars, although they already suspected that there was a tradition of Jewish narrative religious art at this period, which at the time of the discovery were thought to have all been lost, leaving only traces in later Christian art. The discovery of the synagogue helps to dispel narrow interpretations of Judaism's historical prohibition of visual images. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_to_early_Christian_art_and_late_Jewish_art">Relationship to early Christian art and late Jewish art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Relationship to early Christian art and late Jewish art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png/220px-Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png/330px-Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_at_Dura-Europos.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="672" /></a><figcaption>The sacrifice of Isaac according to the Dura synagogue</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacrifice_of_Isaac_in_the_Leon_bible.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_in_the_Leon_bible.png/220px-Sacrifice_of_Isaac_in_the_Leon_bible.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Sacrifice_of_Isaac_in_the_Leon_bible.png 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="345" /></a><figcaption>The sacrifice of Isaac in the León Bible of 960</figcaption></figure> <p>The synagogue of <a href="/wiki/Dura-Europos" title="Dura-Europos">Dura-Europos</a> offers negligible influence on later Christian and Jewish artwork.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The time that the Dura-Europos synagogue was active was not long as it was buried as part of the Roman defense against <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian</a> troops in 256 A.D.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dura-Europos Synagogue remains the earliest example of Jewish artwork available for study.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contains not only <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_art" title="Hellenistic art">Hellenistic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_art" title="Roman art">Roman</a> influences, but <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_art" title="Sasanian art">Sasanian</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The layout of the paintings suggest that they were inspired by a copybook with examples and formulae.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there are similarities to other works of antiquity, the differences between each work bear too much difference in order for one to be considered influential. There have been attempts to link these works, but they have proven largely unsuccessful. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Bible_of_960" title="León Bible of 960">Leon Bible</a>, as an example, which was written ca. 960, had in common with Dura-Europos the scene of the <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_of_Isaac" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrifice of Isaac">sacrifice of Isaac</a>. However, the León Bible showed key differences. Their position in the León Bible shows them facing the viewer, whereas Dura Europos they are not. In the León Bible, the <a href="/wiki/Hand_of_God_(art)" title="Hand of God (art)">Hand of God</a> bestows the <i>benedictio latina</i>, whereas in Dura-Europos it makes an appearance with no such manuscript. The Dura painting shows <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham's</a> hand free of <a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a>'s hair, whereas in the León miniature, it is grasping it. 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(1961). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27924866">"Judaism at Dura-Europos"</a>. <i>Israel Exploration Journal</i>. <b>11</b> (4): 161–170. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-2059">0021-2059</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27924866">27924866</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Israel+Exploration+Journal&rft.atitle=Judaism+at+Dura-Europos&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=161-170&rft.date=1961&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F27924866%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=0021-2059&rft.aulast=GOODENOUGH&rft.aufirst=E.+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F27924866&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:9-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:9_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:9_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarte1973" class="citation journal cs1">Garte, Edna (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1453575">"The Theme of Resurrection in the Dura-Europos Synagogue Paintings"</a>. <i>The Jewish Quarterly Review</i>. <b>64</b> (1): 1–15. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1453575">10.2307/1453575</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0021-6682">0021-6682</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1453575">1453575</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Jewish+Quarterly+Review&rft.atitle=The+Theme+of+Resurrection+in+the+Dura-Europos+Synagogue+Paintings&rft.volume=64&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-15&rft.date=1973&rft.issn=0021-6682&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1453575%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1453575&rft.aulast=Garte&rft.aufirst=Edna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1453575&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:10-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:10_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:10_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischer1955" class="citation journal cs1">Fischer, James A. 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Du Mesnil du Buisson, Les peintures de la synagogue de ..."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:2-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:2_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:2_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElsnerElsner2003" class="citation journal cs1">Elsner, Jaś; Elsner, Jas (2003). "Archaeologies and Agendas: Reflections on Late Ancient Jewish Art and Early Christian Art". <i>The Journal of Roman Studies</i>. <b>93</b>: 114–128. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3184641">10.2307/3184641</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0075-4358">0075-4358</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/3184641">3184641</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162959125">162959125</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Roman+Studies&rft.atitle=Archaeologies+and+Agendas%3A+Reflections+on+Late+Ancient+Jewish+Art+and+Early+Christian+Art&rft.volume=93&rft.pages=114-128&rft.date=2003&rft.issn=0075-4358&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A162959125%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F3184641%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F3184641&rft.aulast=Elsner&rft.aufirst=Ja%C5%9B&rft.au=Elsner%2C+Jas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGutmann1988" class="citation journal cs1">Gutmann, Joseph (1988). "The Dura Europos Synagogue Paintings and Their Influence on Later Christian and Jewish Art". <i>Artibus et Historiae</i>. <b>9</b> (17): 25–29. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1483314">10.2307/1483314</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0391-9064">0391-9064</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1483314">1483314</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Artibus+et+Historiae&rft.atitle=The+Dura+Europos+Synagogue+Paintings+and+Their+Influence+on+Later+Christian+and+Jewish+Art&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=17&rft.pages=25-29&rft.date=1988&rft.issn=0391-9064&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1483314%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1483314&rft.aulast=Gutmann&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:3_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRachel1998" class="citation book cs1">Rachel, Hachlili (1998). <i>Ancient jewish art and archaeology in the diaspora</i>. 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(1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cKGpa-FJ3XsC&dq=%22hand+of+God%22+art&pg=PA96"><i>Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Diaspora</i></a>. Leiden. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-10878-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-10878-3"><bdi>978-90-04-10878-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ancient+Jewish+Art+and+Archaeology+in+the+Diaspora&rft.place=Leiden&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-90-04-10878-3&rft.aulast=Hachlili&rft.aufirst=R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcKGpa-FJ3XsC%26dq%3D%2522hand%2Bof%2BGod%2522%2Bart%26pg%3DPA96&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHopkins1979" class="citation book cs1">Hopkins, C. (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/discoveryofdurae00clar"><i>The Discovery of Dura-Europos</i></a>. B. Goldman.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Discovery+of+Dura-Europos&rft.pub=B.+Goldman&rft.date=1979&rft.aulast=Hopkins&rft.aufirst=C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdiscoveryofdurae00clar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSed_RajnaAmishai-MaiselsJarrasséKlein1995" class="citation book cs1">Sed Rajna, Gabrielle; Amishai-Maisels, Ziva; Jarrassé, Dominique; Klein, Rudolf; Reich, Ronny (1995). <i>L'Art juif</i>. Citadelle & Mazenod. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2850880667" title="Special:BookSources/978-2850880667"><bdi>978-2850880667</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=L%27Art+juif&rft.pub=Citadelle+%26+Mazenod&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-2850880667&rft.aulast=Sed+Rajna&rft.aufirst=Gabrielle&rft.au=Amishai-Maisels%2C+Ziva&rft.au=Jarrass%C3%A9%2C+Dominique&rft.au=Klein%2C+Rudolf&rft.au=Reich%2C+Ronny&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1990" class="citation book cs1">White, L. M. (1990). <i>The Social Origins of Christian Architecture</i>. Vol. 1. Valley Forge: Johns Hopkins University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Social+Origins+of+Christian+Architecture&rft.place=Valley+Forge&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=L.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1997" class="citation book cs1">White, L. M. (1997). <i>The Social Origins of Christian Architecture</i>. Vol. 2. Valley Forge: Johns Hopkins University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Social+Origins+of+Christian+Architecture&rft.place=Valley+Forge&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=L.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dura-Europos_synagogue&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKessler,_Edward2006" class="citation book cs1">Kessler, Edward (2006). Sawyer, John F. A. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EjoKdj4lQz8C&dq=Dura+Europas+Hand+of+God&pg=PA131"><i>The Blackwell companion to the Bible and culture</i></a>. Wiley-Blackwell. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4051-0136-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-4051-0136-9"><bdi>1-4051-0136-9</bdi></a> – via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Blackwell+companion+to+the+Bible+and+culture&rft.pub=Wiley-Blackwell&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-4051-0136-9&rft.au=Kessler%2C+Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DEjoKdj4lQz8C%26dq%3DDura%2BEuropas%2BHand%2Bof%2BGod%26pg%3DPA131&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4051-0136-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4051-0136-3">978-1-4051-0136-3</a></span></li> <li>Kraeling, C H, The Synagogue, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956</li> <li>Gutmann, Joseph, ed., The Dura Europos Synagogue: A Re-evaluation (1932-1992), Scholars Press, 1992 (with a new introduction);</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeitzmann,_Kurt1979" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weitzmann" title="Kurt Weitzmann">Weitzmann, Kurt</a>, ed. (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/156533"><i>Age of spirituality : late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century</i></a>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>. pp. 366–370. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780870991790" title="Special:BookSources/9780870991790"><bdi>9780870991790</bdi></a> – via <span style="font-size:85%;">(full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Age+of+spirituality+%3A+late+antique+and+early+Christian+art%2C+third+to+seventh+century&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=366-370&rft.pub=Metropolitan+Museum+of+Art&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=9780870991790&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibmma.contentdm.oclc.org%2Fcdm%2Fref%2Fcollection%2Fp15324coll10%2Fid%2F156533&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADura-Europos+synagogue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Young, Penny, 2014 Dura Europos A 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