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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Solid Metaphor and Sacred Space: Interpreting the Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Relations Found at Beth Alpha Synagogue

Carter, Evan 17 March 2016 (has links)
With the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, more than an iconic symbol of Jewish identity was destroyed. As the epicenter of religious life for Jews within the land of Israel, the Temple stood as both a symbol for religious hope and as the physical embodiment of Judaism. Yet, in the centuries that would follow synagogue’s like the one found at Beth Alpha would come to fill its absence. In this thesis I will demonstrate how the use of Christopher Tilley’s theory of the solid metaphor helps us to better understand both the art and architecture of the Beth Alpha synagogue and the synagogue’s connection to the then absent Temple. I argue that by conceptualizing this synagogue as a solid metaphor for the Temple, we can interpret how the paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations found in the composition of the mosaic carpets present sacred space. Through this application of Tilley’s theory, I argue that we can model this paradigm off of Ezekiel’s vision of the Temple.

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