The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual /
Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewi...
| Основен автор: | Bland, Kalman P., 1942- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=360051 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Artless Jew. |
| Резюме: |
Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. This intellectual history of medieval and modern Jewish attitudes toward art and representation overturns the modern assumption of Jewish iconophobia that denies to Jewish culture a visual dimension. Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy, mysticism, poetry, biblical commentaries, travelogues, and law, concluding that premodern Jewish intel. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1400811074 9781400811076 9781400823574 1400823579 1282767003 9781282767003 069108985X 9780691089850 |