THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18 Friday, Dec 14, 1973 New Hospital to Open in Natanya Dura-Europos Archeological Finds new American hospital will open in Natanya on the Mediter- ranean shore between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Sidney Greenwald, chair- man of the American Friends NEW YORK — A It's Nice To Deal With Joe Slatkin's DEXTER CHEVROLET 20811 W. 8 Mile between Southfield & Telegraph 534-1400 Our Promise To You: BETTER SERV1,CE1 of the Laniado Kiryat Sanz Hospital in Israel, said close to $500,000 in medical equip- ment will be sent from the U. S. to the hospital shortly. Due to the hundreds of soldiers who are still in the hospitals, an acute shortage of hospital beds now exists in Israel. The new hospital, which will open with 120 beds, will be the first in Natanya. A campaign has been organ- ized in the U. S. to recruit registered nurses willing to settle in Israel or do volun- tary work temporarily. In- terested nurses should write to American Friends of the Laniado Kiryat Sanz Hos- pital, 50 E. 42nd St., Suite 310, New York 10017. Good Breeding Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.—Mark Twain. Defined in Gutmann-Edited Volume Archeology is fascinating more and more people in the course of many discoveries that have fascinated histor- ians. A subect that has in- trigued many as a result of excavations that were con- ducted more than 40 years ago are the findings of the Dura - Europos Synagogue. Thanks to a Detroit scholar, the Dura-Europos story is available in important eval- uations in a new volume pub- lished by the American Acad- emy of Religion Society of Biblical Literature. Prof. Joseph Gutmann of Wayne State University's de- partment of art history, provides a history of the ex- cavations that brought to light the art of the ancient synagogue in his own essays and those of other scholars in "The Dura-Europos Syna- gogue: A Re - Evaluation (1932-1972)." Well illustrated, thorough- ly annotated, this American Academy of Religion volume contains seven essays — one by Dr. Gutmann — and Dr. Gutmann's explanatory pref- ace, and 17 important photo- graphs to add emphasis to of Scripture." Wayne State University Prof. Bernard Goldman con- tributed an essay on "The Dura Synagogue Costumes and Parthian Art" in which he suggests that "the syna- gogue artists were skillful, admittedly, more adept at organizing and projecting among many scholars whose views are quoted in this vol- ume, Dr. Gutmann adds that "the Dura paintings have re- opened an older debate in art historic-al circles—whether indeed the origins of Christian art may be rooted in an ante- cedent, but now lost, Jewish art." It was under the chairman- ship of Clark Hopkins, field director of the Dura excava- tions, examined the problems outlined by Dr. Gutmann, and Dr. Hopkins' essay, de- scribing the excavations, is the first in this new volume. In it a full account is given of the searches that were conducted by Yale Univer- sity and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, in January 1932, in the French territory then man- dated by the San Remo treaty of 1920. Dr. Gutmann's article deals with "Programmatic Painting in the Dura. It adds to the search for details re- garding the services that were conducted in the 3rd Century synagogue. It traces the hymns that were used, as well as the manner in which the Torah and the ark were revered. Dr. Gutmann states: on Orchard Lake Road just NORTH of Maple Road {15 Mile) OR Erary Evening QUILTS tation of prayers and reading paperbacked volume are: the importance of the subject defined by the participating scholars. Prof. Gutmann explains in his essay that: "Discovered 40 years ago in what Mikhail Rostovzeff called 'The Pom- ii of the Syrian Desert,' the 3rd Century Dura-Eur- opos synagogue has success- fully challenged stereotyped and well-established scholar- ly theories." He states that this synagogue has "revolu- tionary implications to all students of ancient history," as "the first major Jewish artistic monument ever to be unearthed" that contained "the earliest known signifi- cant continuous cycle of bib- lical images." Describing the deep inter- est aroused by the findings the fu ► ly vn-ctosed mail — "The prophetic or patri- archal biblical figures above the Torah shrine and flanking the Tabernacle/Temple—one at prayer and the other read- ing of revealing Scripture— are present as biblical proofs of the two basic components of synagogue worship, reci- DOWN OR WOOL Custom Made or Remade Hebrew University Prof. Michael Avi-Yonah, "Good- enough's Evaluation of the Dura Paintings: A Critique;" Prof. Richard Brilliant, "Painting at Dura-Europos and Roman Art;" Prof. Mary Lee Thompson, "Hypotheti- cal Models of the Dura Paint- ings;" Prof. Andrew Seager, "The Architecture of the Dura and Sardis Synagogues. 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