The ceremonial use of a bema carried over from Judaism into early Christian church architecture. It was originally a raised platform with a lectern and seats for the clergy, from which lessons …

2018年6月28日 · The bema, a raised platform located in the centre of the nave, was an important architectural and liturgical feature in the early East and West Syriac churches.

Originally used in Athens as a tribunal from which orators addressed the citizens as well as the courts of law, the bema later became a standard fixture in Christian churches. In Early …

This document discusses early Christian churches in Syria that contained a bema, a horseshoe-shaped structure in the nave that mirrored the apse. It summarizes a survey of 45 such …

2015年9月1日 · This study examines the current status of church-based HIV/AIDS education and support services provided by the black churches in the Houston area. The data were drawn …

While the Middle East began to experience a policy of restrictions and limitations against “new” Christian buildings during the second half of the Second/Eighth century, the recently …

2015年1月2日 · The bema is a horseshoe-shaped structure in the nave that mirrors the curve of the apse. Entered via steps at the east end, it provided benches for the clergy and a pulpit at …

2015年5月16日 · This book explores the use of the bema platform in early Syrian Orthodox churches. The bema was a raised platform from which Scripture was read in the synagogue, …

a transverse open space separating the nave and the apse of an early Christian church, developing into the transept of later cruciform churches. Bema it is a high section of wall that …

An early christian church, characterized by a long, rectangular plan, a high colonnaded nave lit by a clerestory and covered by a timbered gable roof, two or four lower side aisles, a semicircular …