המנורה ושולחן לחם הפנים בסוף ימי הבית השני כאמנות רומית

This lecture will explore the most "Jewish" of artifacts, the menorah(s) and showbread tables(s) of the latter Second Temple period, as Roman art. It discusses ways that Jewish artisans and literary sources participated in the larger visual culture of their age, and out of that culture formed/imagined Temple vessels that conformed to Jewish mores. The recently completed prelimary reconstruction and colorization of the Arch of Titus spoils panel will serve as a focal object for this discussion.