The artless Jew :
Bland, Kalman P., 1942-
The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual / by Kalman P. Bland. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.
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.
1400811074 9781400811076 9781400823574 1400823579 1282767003 9781282767003 069108985X 9780691089850
9780691089850
22573/cttt06p JSTOR
Ten commandments--Images.
Ten commandments--Images.
Judaism and art--History of doctrines.
Jewish art.
Jewish aesthetics.
Jews--Intellectual life.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Beeldende kunsten.
Visualisatie.
Esthetica.
Jodendom.
Electronic books.
BM538.A7 / B55 2000eb
296.4/6/09
The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual / by Kalman P. Bland. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2000. - 1 online resource (233 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-228) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents.
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.
1400811074 9781400811076 9781400823574 1400823579 1282767003 9781282767003 069108985X 9780691089850
9780691089850
22573/cttt06p JSTOR
Ten commandments--Images.
Ten commandments--Images.
Judaism and art--History of doctrines.
Jewish art.
Jewish aesthetics.
Jews--Intellectual life.
RELIGION--Judaism--Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Beeldende kunsten.
Visualisatie.
Esthetica.
Jodendom.
Electronic books.
BM538.A7 / B55 2000eb
296.4/6/09
