Who is Carrying the Temple Menorah? Jewish Counter-Memory and the Arch of Titus Spolia Panel.

dc.contributor.authorFine, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-21T18:34:30Z
dc.date.available2020-07-21T18:34:30Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Arch of Titus, constructed circa 81 CE under the emperor Domitian, commemorates the victory of the general, then emperor Titus in the Jewish War of 66–74 CE. Located on Rome’s Via Sacra, the Arch has been a “place of memory” for Romans, Christians and Jews since antiquity. This essay explores the history of a Jewish counter-memory of a bas relief within the arch that depicts the triumphal procession of the Jerusalem Temple treasures into Rome in 71 CE. At least since the early modern period, Jews—as well as British Protestants—came to believe that the menorah bearers of this relief represent Jews, and not Roman triumphadors. This essay addresses the history of this widespread belief, particularly during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and continuing in contemporary Israel.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFine, Steven. Who is Carrying the Temple Menorah? Jewish Counter-Memory and the Arch of Titus Spolia Panel. Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture 9 (2016): 19-48.en_US
dc.identifier.issnOnline ISSN: 1871-8000
dc.identifier.issnPrint Only ISSN: 1871-7993
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1163/18718000-12340060en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/5818
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLeiden: Brillen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesImages: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture;9(1)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectMenorahen_US
dc.subjectJewish folkloreen_US
dc.subjectZionist arten_US
dc.subjectArch of Titusen_US
dc.titleWho is Carrying the Temple Menorah? Jewish Counter-Memory and the Arch of Titus Spolia Panel.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
local.yu.facultypagehttps://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/fine-steven

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