Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings

 

A. Ovadiah

The Excavations at Gaza

Congress of the Israel Exploration Society, 1968

 

A. Ovadiah

The Greek Sculpture in Sicily

Congress of the Israel Exploration Society, 1969

 

A. Ovadiah

The Cathedral of Monreale

Congress of the Israel Exploration Society, 1969

 

A. Ovadiah

The Greek Inscriptions at Elijah's Cave on Mount Carmel

The VIth International Congress for Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Munich 1972

                                 

A. Ovadiah

The Excavations at Pella (Greece)

The Second Conference of the Israel Classical Society

Tel Aviv 1973

                

A. Ovadiah

Greek Cults in Beth-Shean/Scythopolis

The Second Archaeological Conference in Israel

Jerusalem 1973

 

A. Ovadiah

Ancient Synagogues in Asia Minor

The Xth International Congress of Classical Archaeology

Ankara - Izmir 1973

 

A. Ovadiah

Mutual Influences between Ancient Synagogues and Churches in the Holy Land

The VIth International Congress of Classical Studies

Madrid 1974

 

A. Ovadiah

Was Gaza a Centre of Mosaic Art in the Early Christian Period?

The IXth International Congress of Christian Archaeology

Rome 1975

 

A. Ovadiah

A Restored Crusader Church in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem

The XVth International Congress of Byzantine Studies

Athens 1976

A. Ovadiah

The Excavations in the Area of the Ancient Synagogue at Gaza

The Seventh World Congress of Jewish Studies

Jerusalem 1977

 

A. Ovadiah

Early Christian Inscribed Tombstones from the Northern Littoral of Sinai

The 7th International Congress for Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Constantza 1977

 

A. Ovadiah

Macedonian Elements in Israel

The 3rd International Symposium of Ancient Macedonia

Thessaloniki 1977

 

A. Ovadiah

The Jerusalem Orpheus - A Pagan or a Christian Image?        

The Fifth Archaeological Conference in Israel

Jerusalem 1978

        

A. Ovadiah

Gaza in the Byzantine Period

The 13th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies

Birmingham 1979

                                                                        

A. Ovadiah

Ancient Mosaic Art in the Holy Land

University of Sorbonne IV

Paris 1979

 

A. Ovadiah

The Architecture of the Early Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land

College de France

Paris 1979

 

A. Ovadiah

Early Byzantine Monasteries in the Judaean Desert

Corpus Christi College

Oxford 1979

 

A. Ovadiah

Mosaic Pavements Discovered in the Last Decade in Israel (1970-1980)

The IIIrd International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics

Ravenna 1980

 

 

 

 

A. Ovadiah

The Architectural Typology of the Early Byzantine Monasteries in the Judaean Desert

The 10th International Congress of Christian Archaeology

Thessaloniki 1980

 

 

A. Ovadiah

The Art of the Ancient Synagogues in Israel

The Eleventh International Seminar on Judaism and Art

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 1981

 

A. Ovadiah

The Roman Temple at Kedesh - Upper Galilee

The Eighth Archaeological Conference in Israel

Jerusalem 1981

 

A. Ovadiah

Epigraphic Evidence of the Liturgical Changes in the Early Christian Churches in the Holy Land

The Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Athens 1982

           

A. Ovadiah

The Roman Temple at Kedesh in Upper Galilee

The Annual Conference of the Association for the Promotion of Classical Studies in Israel

Jerusalem 1983

 

A. Ovadiah

The Classical Heritage of the Roman Temple at Kedesh - Upper Galilee, Israel

The XIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology

Athens 1983

                       

A. Ovadiah

a) The Mosaic Art in Ancient Synagogues in the Holy Land

b) The Mosaic Art in Early Byzantine Churches and Christian Complexes in the Holy Land

A Series of Lectures in the Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation, 1983

 

A. Ovadiah

Ancient Synagogues in Greece and Asia Minor

Annual Lecture of the Chair for the History and Culture of the Jewry of Salonica and Greece

Tel Aviv University 1983

 

A. Ovadiah

Mosaic Art in Ancient Synagogues of Eretz Israel

Symposium in Synagogues of Eretz Israel and the Diaspora in the Ancient Period

Tel Aviv University 1984

 

 

A. Ovadiah

Observations on the Mosaic Art in Ancient Synagogues

The IVth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics

Trier 1984                        

 

A. Ovadiah

A Series of Lectures on Art and Archaeology in the Holy Land

Complutense University and the Institute of Arias Montano in Madrid and the University of Toledo

Madrid and Toledo 1984

                                                   

A. Ovadiah

The Epigraphic Finds from the Roman Temple at Kedesh in Upper Galilee

Conference on Greece and Rome in Eretz-Israel

Haifa and Tel Aviv Universities 1985

 

A. Ovadiah

Greek Inscriptions in Deir Rumhan, Sinai

The Second Conference of the Israel Association for Byzantine Studies 

Tel Aviv University 1985

 

A. Ovadiah

Recent Excavations at Kedesh

A Lecture held in W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem

Jerusalem 1985                                  

 

A. Ovadiah

Mosaic Floors of the Herodian Period

Conference on the House of Herod

Haifa University 1986

 

A. Ovadiah

Roman Wall-Paintings in Israel

3rd International Colloquium on Roman Wall-Paintings

Avences 1986

 

A. Ovadiah

a) The Town-Planning in Israel in the Early Byzantine Period

b) Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Israel of the Early Byzantine Period

The XVth International Congress of Christian Archaeology

Lyon, Geneva, Aosta 1986

 

A. Ovadiah

The Art and Architecture of Ancient Synagogues in Israel

A Lecture held in the Israel Academic Centre in Cairo

Cairo 1986

 

 

A. Ovadiah

The Epigraphic Finds from the Roman Temple at Kedesh, Upper Galilee

The XVIth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy

Sofia 1986

 

 

A. Ovadiah

The Mosaic Art of the Herodian Period in Israel

The Vth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics

Bath 1987

 

A. Ovadiah

Hellenistic Art and Architecture in Israel: An Overview

The XIIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology 

Berlin 1988

 

A. Ovadiah

Jewish Communities in Macedonia and Thrace in Late Antiquity

The Vth International Symposium on Ancient Macedonia

Thessaloniki 1989

 

A. Ovadiah

Mosaic Pavements in Israel

A Lecture held in the American School of Classical Studies in Athens

Athens 1990

 

A. Ovadiah

Remarks on the Roman Theatre in Beth-Shean (Scythopolis)

The XIXth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies

Haifa University 1990

                                                                        

A. Ovadiah

Ancient Mosaic Pavements Discovered in Israel in the Last Decade (1980-1990)

The VIth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics

Palencia and Merida 1990                                      

 

A. Ovadiah

Jewish Communities in Macedonia and Thrace in Antiquity

International Colloquium on the Jewish Diaspora in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Tel Aviv University 1991

 

A. Ovadiah

Deir el-'Adra: The Resting Place of the Holy Family on the Flight to Egypt

The Twelfth International Congress of Christian Archaeology

Bonn 1991 

 

 

 

A. Ovadiah

Representations of Mourning and Pathos in Greek Art

The First Conference of the Faculty of Arts

Tel Aviv University 1993

 

A. Ovadiah

Architectural Elements in the Mosaic Art of the Roman and Early Byzantine Periods 

The Second Conference of the Faculty of Arts

Tel Aviv University 1994

 

A. Ovadiah

Churches of the Age of Justinian in Israel

XIIIth International Congress of Christian Archaeology

Split-Poreç 1994

 

A. Ovadiah 

A Series of Lectures on Art and Archaeology in the Land of Israel

The Rumanian Academy

Bucharest and Iasi 1994

 

A. Ovadiah

Miscellaneous Ornamented Architectural Elements in Roman Caesarea

International Symposium on Caesarea Maritima – A Retrospective after Two Millennia

Caesarea Maritima  1995

 

A. Ovadiah

The Motif of the "Peopled" Scroll in Architectural Decoration in Eretz Israel in Antiquity

The Third Conference of the Faculty of Arts

Tel Aviv University 1995

 

A. Ovadiah

Jewish Communities in Macedonia and Thrace in Antiquity

The Howard Gilman International Conference on Hellenic and Jewish Arts

Delphi (Greece) 1995

 

A. Ovadiah

Symbolism in Jewish and Christian Works of Art in Antiquity

International Symposium on the Historical and Educational Mission of a Contemporary Museum, The Jewish Museum of Greece

Athens 1995

 

A. Ovadiah

a) The Mosaic Art in Eretz Israel in Antiquity

b) Early Byzantine Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land

A Series of Lectures on behalf of University of Athens and the Greek Department of Antiquities

Athens 1995

         

A. Ovadiah

A Series of Lectures in Macquarie University, Sydney, and in the

National Jewish Museum, Melbourne

Australia 1996

 

A. Ovadiah

Early Byzantine Monasteries in Israel

University of Crete

Rethymno 1996

 

A. Ovadiah

The Female Figure in the Dionysiac Mosaic at Sepphoris

The Fourth International Conference of the Faculty of Arts

Tel Aviv University 1996

             

A. Ovadiah

Allegorical Images in Greek Laudatory Inscriptions in Eretz Israel 

The Fifth International Conference of the Faculty of Arts

Tel Aviv University 1997

 

A. Ovadiah

The Churches of Jerusalem on the Madaba Mosaic Map

International Congress on the Madaba Mosaic Map

Amman 1997

 

A. Ovadiah

The End of Days in the Mosaics of the Meroth Synagogue

The Eighth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics

Lausanne 1997

 

A. Ovadiah

The Moschophoros and Kriophoros in Greek Sculpture up to the End of the 5th Century BCE

The Howard Gilman International Conference on Mediterranean Cultural Interaction 

Rethymno, Crete (Greece) 1997

 

A. Ovadiah

Artistic Characteristics of the Fayum Portraits

A Conference on Milestones in the Culture and Art of Egypt

Tel Aviv University 1997

    

A. Ovadiah

The Early Byzantine Churches in Jerusalem

Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies

University of Vienna 1998

 

 

 

 

A. Ovadiah

The "Peopled" Scroll Motif in the Land of Israel in Late Antiquity 

International Conference on The Metamorphosis of Marginal Images

Tel Aviv University 1999

 

A. Ovadiah

The Female Figure in the Dionysiac Mosaic at Sepphoris

International Conference on Dionysos

University of Haifa 1999

 

A. Ovadiah

Cult and Deity in the Roman Temple at Kedesh, Upper Galilee

MOTAR Conference

Tel Aviv University 1999

                                     

A. Ovadiah

The Mosaic Pavement of the Armenian Sepulchral Chapel in Jerusalem     

A Conference in View of the Exhibition Birds of Paradise, held in Eretz Israel Museum

Tel Aviv, 12th January 2000

 

A. Ovadiah

A Series of 6 Rector`s Lectures on The Classical Art and its Heritage

Tel Aviv University, February-March 2000

 

A. Ovadiah

Organization and Presidency of a Series of 13 Lectures on The Art in the Jewish World, in the Cimbalista Centre of the Heritage of Judaism

Tel Aviv University, October 1999 - May 2000

 

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The Iconography of the Paintings on the Arches of a Roman Private House at Mamshit

(Mampsis)

Budapest and Veszpren, May 2001

 

A.     Ovadiah

The Geometric Mosaic in the Promontory Palace at Caesarea Maritima: Reconsidered

Rome, November 2001

 

A.     Ovadiah

Symbolism in Jewish and Christian Works of Art in Israel in Late Antiquity

Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies

University of Vienna 2002

Consejo Superior des Investigaciones Cientificas

Madrid 2002