Representations of Biblical Scenes in the early Byzantine Period: Were they Influenced by Mythology, the Hebrew text of the Bible or its Greek translation?

In the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, Biblical scenes appear on a variety of media: mosaic pavements, wall paintings, lamps, pottery vessels, glass vessels, sarcophagi, textiles, gems, coins, etc. In religious buildings dating to the Early Byzantine period they are fairly common on the mosaic pavements of synagogues but are much rarer on the floors of churches. The reason is apparently that in churches they were placed on the walls of the building as described by Choricius in the Church of St Sergius at Gaza or as preserved in the churches of Ravenna. The representation of the same scenes (the Sacrifice of Isaac, Daniel in the lions' den, David, Jonah, etc) in different buildings shows a number of similar elements but each artist seems to have interpreted the subject according to his own inspiration. In some cases, the artist was clearly influenced by mythology but in other cases, he was sticking to the Biblical narrative. Differences can also be observed in the way Biblical scenes were represented in Jewish art and in Christian art. In the former the representation was generally closer to the Hebrew Bible text while in the latter the artist seems to have relied on the Greek Septuaginta as well as on the New Testament. Biblical scenes continued to be a frequent theme with the painters of the Renaissance. A few examples will show if these were closer to the Hebrew text or to the Greek text.