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- Title
Leviathan Thanks the Lord: Perek Shirah on a Wall of the Great Synagogue in Radyvyliv.
- Authors
Kravtsov, Sergey R.; Levin, Vladimir
- Abstract
The article focuses on the discovery of verses from "Perek Shirah," a compilation of short religious hymns, in the wall of the Great Synagogue in Radyvyliv, Ukraine. Discussion and highlights are given on the iconography and presentations of synagogue paintings in eastern Europe, the explicit textual source to the compilation, and the portrayal of the Ox and Leviathan monsters in the sinagogue inscriptions.
- Subjects
UKRAINE; ARCHITECTURAL inscriptions; SYNAGOGUES; LEVIATHAN; SYMBOLISM in art; EUROPEAN art; THEMES in art
- Publication
Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2014, Vol 10, p107
- ISSN
1565-6721
- Publication type
Article