Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction Prologue: a Catacomb Discovery in Rome (1860) 1 Ugly Antiquities: Religion and Reason in the Catacombs of Rome 1.1 Topography in Transition in the Suburbs of Rome 1.2 Humanistic Study of Jewish Antiquities in Rome2 Sacra Selecta : Relic Invention and the "Science of Piety" 2.1 Unaccustomed Earth: Ruin to Relic in the Early Modern Age 2.2 Laboratories of Worship: Catacomb Repossession during the Counter-Reform 2.3 Ecclesia Subterranea : Dividing the Sacred Spoils 2.4 Lighting the Way to Christ: Jewish Memorials in a Universal Design3 The Discovery and Exploration of the Jewish Catacomb of Vigna Randanini 3.1 Excavations in the Vigna Randanini in 1859 3.
2 Site Survey and Spoliation Prior to 1859 3.3 Deliberations on the First Excavation Season in 1859 3.4 External Structure M: Building Phases and Functions 3.5 Transitional Regions G-H-L 3.6 Arrested Development of Galleries H3 and G2 3.7 Gallery Growth Southwest of M 3.8 Chambers 1-6 3.9 External Discoveries within the Necropolis (1859-1862) 3.
10 Additional Catacomb Cleaning (1861-1862) 3.11 Results of the Excavations of March-May 1862 3.12 Preliminary Results in Region D (May 18, 1862) 3.13 Preliminary Results in Region A (May 18, 1862) 3.14 Preliminary Results in Region B (May 18, 1862) 3.15 Additional Clearing of Region B (1862-1863) 3.16 Identification and Study of Staircase II and Chamber 12 3.17 Access into the Catacomb from Region A 3.
18 The Master Builders: Giovanni Battista de Rossi and Raffaele Garrucci4 Post-excavation Site Study 4.1 The End of the Affair: Termination of Digging Activity and Consolidation of the Finds 4.2 The Harvest Sown: Jewish Deliberations on the Catacombs 4.3 The Sellout: Catacomb Commercialization and Its Destructive Results 4.4 New Site Study (1882-1884) 4.5 Interventions in the Catacomb (1895-1918) 4.6 New Site Study during the Interwar Period (1918-1939) 4.7 Tragic Repose: Catacomb Commercialization to 1946 4.
8 Post-World War Two Recovery Efforts Conclusion: Why the Jewish Catacombs Matter Bibliography Index.