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1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents. |
| Summary |
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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Ten commandments -- Images.
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Judaism and art -- History of doctrines.
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Jewish art.
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Jewish aesthetics.
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Jews -- Intellectual life.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Beeldende kunsten.
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Visualisatie.
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Esthetica.
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Jodendom.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bland, Kalman P., 1942- Artless Jew. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000 0691010439 (DLC) 99044922 (OCoLC)42290488 |
| Standard No. |
9780691089850 |
| ISBN |
1400811074 (electronic bk.) |
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9781400811076 (electronic bk.) |
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9781400823574 (electronic bk.) |
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1400823579 (electronic bk.) |
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