Statement

The architecture and decoration of synagogues imitated non-Jewish public buildings. Some had mosaic floors with the Greco-Roman zodiac, the personified seasons and the sun god Helios: those who frequented them evidently did not see this as a violation of the biblical ban on divine images.

References

1. p. 122

   supports · main text · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Jewish Life in a Christianized Roman Context

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