abraham upfront frontality in the dura europos narratives

Abraham Upfront: Frontality in the Abraham Upfront: Frontality in the Dura Europos NarrativeDura Europos Narrative

By Paige DansingerBy Paige Dansinger

Palmyra Gate, Dura Europos

Map of Palestine, Madaba, 6th-century

Dura Europos

Dura Europos Blessing, The Dura Europos

Liturgical Parchment.

Western Wall, “Wall Street”, Dura Europos

Reconstructed interior of the house church at Yale, and Temple of Bel at Dura Europos.

Temple of Mithras at Dura and Healing of the Paralytic mural in the house church

Sacrificing to the Palmyrene Gods, Dura Europos

The Seleucid Empire: Seleucus Coin and Coin of Bagadates I, 290-280 BCE

"Always lying in wait for the neighboring nations, strong in arms and persuasive in council, he [Seleucus]

acquired Mesopotamia, Armenia, 'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria,

Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander, as far as

the river Indus, so that the boundaries of his empire were the most extensive in Asia after that of Alexander.

The whole region from Phrygia to the Indus was subject to Seleucus."

— Appian, The Syrian Wars

Ancient Synagogues in the DiasporaSardis, Delos, Tiberius, Aegina, Ostia, Capernaum,

Western Wall, Dura Europos Synagogue

Dura Europos Synagogue Reconstruction

The Torah Shrine, Dura Europos

The Binding of Isaac, Bet Alpha Synagogue Mosaic

The Zodiac Panel, Beth Alpha Synagogue Mosaic, 6th-century

Infancy of Moses, Dura EuroposThe Exodus (detail), Dura Europos

Daniel and the Lions, Sfax near Carthage, 6th C. King David Playing the Lyre, Synagogue at Gaza, 6th

C

Oldest Written Song. Dedicated to the Moon-Goddess, Syria 3400 Years Old, Cuneiform

The Purim Procession, Dura Europos

The Closed Temple, Dura EuropaThe Temple of Aaron, Dura Europos

Roman Gold Glass, 4th-century

“ I should like to show Posidonius some glassblower who, by his breath, molds the glass into many shapes which scarcely could be created by the most skillful hand.”

(Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilium XC.31)

The Sacrifice of Isaac, Dura Europos

Mosaic with Good-luck Symbols. Antioch, 5th-century

Abraham Upfront: Frontality in the Abraham Upfront: Frontality in the Dura Europos NarrativeDura Europos Narrative

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