Materiality of Divinity in an Atypical Flat-Roofed Apsidal Aula Ecclesiae: The Lubbēn Large Church as a Case Study from Southern Syria

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Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.2.0137

Rama Al Rabady, Shatha Abu-Khafajah

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Abstract

abstract:Aulae ecclesiae occupy a space between secular and sacred church architecture and can be considered a post- domus and pre- basilica version of the ecclesia . This article examines the origin of the representation of divinity in the Lubbēn Large Church as an aula ecclesiae and presents a contextual reading of the historical, regional, and local conditions that led to its final incarnation. The church is located in one of Syria’s largest lava fields—a region called Trachonitis in the New Testament. In antiquity Lubbēn was known as Agraina, and the large church, one of two, dates from 417 CE and was built during the height of Byzantine occupation in the region. Referencing the unusual flat-roofed apse of the Lubbēn Large Church as an example, this study contends that aulae ecclesiae introduced the innovation of “divine light” in Christian churches for advancing spiritual illumination and heavenly communication.

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非典型平顶附壁教堂中神性的物质性:以叙利亚南部Lubbēn大型教堂为例

摘要:教会会堂占据了世俗和神圣教堂建筑之间的空间，可以被认为是教会的后家庭和前大教堂版本。这篇文章考察了Lubbēn大教会中神性代表的起源，并呈现了导致其最终化身的历史、区域和当地条件的上下文阅读。这座教堂位于叙利亚最大的熔岩场之一——新约中称为特拉克尼蒂斯的地区。在古代Lubbēn被称为Agraina，两座教堂中的一座建于公元417年，建于拜占庭占领该地区的鼎盛时期。以Lubbēn大教堂不寻常的平顶后殿为例，本研究认为，aulae ecclesiae在基督教教堂中引入了“神圣之光”的创新，以促进精神照明和天堂交流。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to traditional, anthropological, social, and applied archaeologies of the Eastern Mediterranean, encompassing both prehistoric and historic periods. The journal’s geographic range spans three continents and brings together, as no academic periodical has done before, the archaeologies of Greece and the Aegean, Anatolia, the Levant, Cyprus, Egypt and North Africa. As the publication will not be identified with any particular archaeological discipline, the editors invite articles from all varieties of professionals who work on the past cultures of the modern countries bordering the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Similarly, a broad range of topics are covered, including, but by no means limited to: Excavation and survey field results; Landscape archaeology and GIS; Underwater archaeology; Archaeological sciences and archaeometry; Material culture studies; Ethnoarchaeology; Social archaeology; Conservation and heritage studies; Cultural heritage management; Sustainable tourism development; and New technologies/virtual reality.