Rare Noah's Ark Mosaic Uncovered in Ancient Synagogue in Israel

Yahoo News ^ | 7/11/16 | Kacey Deamer - Live Science

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A mosaic floor panel depicts soldiers being swallowed by large fish, surrounded by overturned chariots in the parting of the Red Sea

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Noah’s Ark(&UberRide) Ping

[NormsRevenge]

The Noah's ark mosaic included pairs of animals, such as lions, leopards, bears, and donkeys.

[nascarnation]

I assume the two @sses foretold the election of Obama and Biden....

[Blood of Tyrants]

God to Noah: Time to get asses into the ark.

[faithhopecharity]

Amazingly nice artwork - and now being preserved and protected - super!

[Trumpinator]

It must be a Hellenized synagogue because images are forbidden in Judaism.

[Trumpinator]

I was right:

The Huqoq excavations revealed the first nonbiblical mosaic found in an ancient synagogue. That three-tiered mosaic included a scene showing a meeting between two important male figures, thought to be the legendary meeting between Alexander the Great and the Jewish high priest.

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The general reading of the bible prohibition is that it applies to producing “graven images” for the purpose of worshiping them, but not for other purposes.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Except for the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant, right?

Exodus 25:18-20

And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

Or the snake that healed those bitten by poisonous snakes.

Numbers 21:8-9

The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

[onedoug]

I didn’t see a reference as to how old the synagogue is other than “ancient”.

We’re all missing something if it wasn’t just me.

[Tax-chick]

a Late Roman (fifth-century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village.

What is now Israel was then part of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire.

[RoadGumby]

So what is your point?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

People who make generalized, blanket statements often don’t know what they are speaking about.

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[Trumpinator]

The general reading of the bible prohibition is that it applies to producing “graven images” for the purpose of worshiping them, but not for other purposes.

It does not matter what your interpretation of the Bible says but what Jews of that era thought.

[Trumpinator]

This is not trying to prove a theoretical point - Jews of that era - if they had mosaics like this means they were Hellenized Jews and adopted Greek temple art into their designs.

Sheesh - I am not trying to argue theology and what is permitted in the bible or not.

This not unique - in India, they were using Greek art styles in their temples.

[Trumpinator]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism#Decline_of_the_Hellenistai_and_partial_conversion_to_Christianity

[little jeremiah]

Actually the Greeks were using Indian styles, the commerce and visits went both ways, but the Indian civilization pre-dated the Greek by far. The decoration used by Greeks:

was derived from the swastika, commonly used in India for millenia as a symbol of auspiciousness, among other uses.

[Trumpinator]

The Greek key was not taken from the Indians by the Greeks and the so called swastika is a widely diffused symbol found even amongst isolated Native American tribes. So unless you have a scholarly article I will ignore your statement other than to correct it.