The database's 260,000 catalogue entries, the fruits of 30 years of research, range from modernist synagogues to ancient Hebrew illuminated manuscripts.

The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape. During a ritual feast known as a Seder, families celebrate this ancient ...

Ancient Jewish art is often thought to be aniconic, or lacking images. But these mosaics, colorful and filled with figured scenes, attest to a rich visual culture as well as to the dynamism and ...

Ancient Jewish Art Revealed in Oldest Temple. February 8, 1934. ... Discussing the authenticity of the murals, the Professor said he is convinced that the craftsmanship was decidedly Jewish, ...

A group of BYU archaeologists spent their summer at the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee in Israel, uncovering an ancient synagogue mosaic with rare biblical depictions. The ...

A University of North Carolina archaeologist and her team have uncovered 1,600-year-old art in a monumental synagogue in Israel that could rewrite history about an ancient Jewish village.

The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly - Synagogue and ancient temple - A house of the people instead of a house of God - Worship by prayer and not sacrifice - Instruction and debate ...

Mosaics provide clues on life in an ancient Galilean Jewish village. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 / 180709120202.htm ...

BYU faculty and students excavating a synagogue made an exciting discovery; images of biblical heroines Deborah and Jael, the first time these women have been seen in ancient Jewish art.

Nearby, workers also came upon the remains of an ancient Jewish ritual bathhouse. Price Database. 15 June 2025. Artworks. Artists. Auctions ... The Art Market Has Lost Its Grip on Pricing.

An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible.