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Christ's face revealed at Shivta

An Early Byzantine wall painting in the desert of the Holy Land

Bibliographic Data

ID3376937
AuthorsEmma Maayan-Fanar (0000-0003-2291-2548, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Ravit Linn (0000-0002-1226-0876, University of Haifa), Yotam Tepper (0000-0002-5564-1652, University of Haifa), Guy Bar-Oz (0000-0002-1009-5619, University of Haifa)
Year2018
Volume92
Issue364
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2018.150
OpenAlexW2889465545
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

A previously unknown painting of Christ's face, recently discovered at the Byzantine site of Shivta in the Negev Desert of southern Israel, represents the first pre-iconoclastic baptism-of-Christ scene to be found in the Holy Land

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Baptism · Byzantine architecture · Desert (philosophy) · Face (sociological concept) · Geography · Painting · Theology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy

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    Open Access•Albert Hogeterp•Religion and Gender•2020

  • Pictorial graffiti of a horse rider and an orans from Byzantine Shivta

    Open Access•Emma Maayan-Fanar, Yotam Tepper•Time and Mind•2024

  • Old Ground Plan - New Insights

    Open Access•Emma Maayan-Fanar, Yotam Tepper•Palestine Exploration Quarterly•2024

  • A Group of Pilaster Capitals from Shivta

    Moshe Fischer, Yotam Tepper•Palestine Exploration Quarterly•2021

  • The Enigmatic Lady on the Stone in Shivta’s Desert

    Yotam Tepper, Emma Maayan-Fanar•Tel Aviv•2025

  • In Situ Implementation of Imaging Techniques Reveals Key Motifs in the Early Byzantine Wall Painting of Christ's Baptism at Shivta, Israel

    Ravit Linn, Emma Maayan-Fanar et al.•Near Eastern Archaeology•2023

  • Materiality of Seclusion

    Yana Tchekhanovets, Roi Porat et al.•Material Religion•2022

  • Probing the Byzantine/Early Islamic Transition in the Negev

    Yotam Tepper, Tali Erickson-Gini et al.•Tel Aviv•2018

  • The North Church of Shivta

    Shlomo Margalit•Palestine Exploration Quarterly•1987

  • Social aspects of the late-antique village of Shivta

    Open Access•Yizhar Hirschfeld•Journal of Roman Archaeology•2003

Unique citing works7
Citations per year1,17
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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