The Messianic Theme in the Paintings of the Dura Synagogue

Wischnitzer, Rachel. The Messianic Theme in the Paintings of the Dura Synagogue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1948). 4to. xii,135, (1)pp. Index and 8 page bibliography. (32)pp. illustrative and photographic plates at rear. Original green dust jacket, spine lettered in yellow, over brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Some dampstain rippling in plate section at rear.

An analysis of the frescoes of the Dura-Europos synagogue, excavated in 1932. Rachel Wischnitzer argues that the Jews of Dura-Europos believed themselves to be descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes and that many of the frescos are reflections of a messianic ideology. Very good -. Hardcover.

Rachel Wischnitzer served as the curator of the Jewish Museum in Berlin and art editor Rimon and Milgrom. (52447) $75