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This is a Literature Review study (also classified as: Content Analysis).

September 16, 2025

"With a Mighty Hand and an Outstretched Arm"

Key Points

The article focuses on the representation of the hand of God in the Exodus panel of the ancient synagogue.
Five murals in the synagogue depict the Divine presence, emphasizing its iconographic significance in Jewish and Christian art.
An analysis of the iconographic and literary aspects of the Exodus panel highlights its cultural and religious context.
The findings suggest that the imagery of divine presence has deep roots in Jewish thought and Late Antiquity artistic traditions.

Abstract

The frescoes of the ancient synagogue at Dura-Europos (present-day Syria) pioneered the use of a visual image to embody the Divine presence and revelation in biblical contexts. The hand of God that represents the Divine presence appears in five of the synagogue’s murals, one of which – the Exodus panel – is the focus of this article. The discussion includes, on the one hand, broad scrutiny of the visual image of the hand of God that investigates its conceptual roots in Jewish thought and its iconographic sources; and on the other hand, focused consideration of the Exodus panel from iconographic and literary perspectives. The article also examines the image of the hand of God in visual depictions of the Exodus in Late Antiquity Jewish and Christian art.

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Noa Yuval-Hacham (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4765531b076d99fa6ee0f https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.64166/dgwa6z81

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