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Figure III-5. The Sun God schematic design: a. Hammath Tiberias; b. Sepphoris;
c. Beth "Alpha; d. Na#aran. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and
the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing
by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure III-6. Illustrated table of three zodiac signs—Arias, Taurus and Gemiini—on
Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Huseifa, Beth "Alpha and Na#aran mosaic
pavements. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris
Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . 41
Figure III-7. Illustrated table of three zodiac signs—Cancer, Leo and Virgo—on
Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Huseifa, Beth "Alpha and Na#aran mosaic
pavements. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris
Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . 41
Figure III-8. Illustrated table of three zodiac signs—Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius—
on Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Huseifa, Beth "Alpha and Na#aran
mosaic pavements. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the
Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing
by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure III-9. Illustrated table of the zodiac signs—Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces—
on Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Huseifa, Beth "Alpha and Na#aran
mosaic pavements. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the
Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing
by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure III-10. Illustrated table of the seasons on Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris,
Huseifa, Beth "Alpha and Na#aran mosaic pavements. Sepphoris—
Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure III-11. Palmyra stone ceiling with zodiac (after Seryig 1933: fig. 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure III-12. Part of a Palmyra stone ceiling with zodiac (after Gundel 1992: No. 45) . . . . . . . 51
Figure III-13. Bir-Chana mosaic (after Gaukler 1910: No. 447 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure III-14. Antioch ‘Calendar House’ mosaic (a. after Stern 1953: pl. 52, 2); b. plan,
(after Campbel 1988: fig. 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure III-15. Sparta mosaic (after Gundel 1992: No. 85) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure IV-1 Binding of Isaac: a. Sepphoris; b. Beth Alpha on mosaic panels.
a, b. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure IV-2. Binding of Isaac, Dura Europos synagogue wall painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure IV-3. Binding of Isaac on catacomb paintings, sarcophagus, and lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure IV-4. Binding of Isaac on sarcophagus and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure IV-5. Binding of Isaac on wall painting from El Bagawat, Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure IV-6. Noah’s Ark, Gerasa synagogue vestibule pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure IV-7. Noah’s Ark, Gerasa synagogue vestibule pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure IV-8. Noah’s Ark on the Misis-Mopsuhestia early nave mosaic; drawing
by Dr. Orit Zuf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure IV-9. Noah’s Ark on Misis later pavement; drawing by Dr. Orit Zuf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure IV-10. Noah’s Ark on catacomb wall paintings and sarcophagi: a. Rome, Via
Latina catacomb paintings Cubiculum O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure IV-11. Noah on the Apamea coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure IV-12. David-Orpheus, Gaza synagogue pavemennt (1968, before destruction)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure IV-13. David-Orpheus, Dura Europos wall painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure IV-14. The Jerusalem Orpheus mosaic pavement. Courtesy of the Israel
Antiquities Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77