Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-century America

Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-century America
Author: Samantha Baskind
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Art, American
ISBN: 9780271059839

Explores the works of five major American Jewish artists: Jack Levine, George Segal, Audrey Flack, Larry Rivers, and R. B. Kitaj. Focuses on the use of imagery influenced by the Bible.

The Art of Biblical Narrative

The Art of Biblical Narrative
Author: Robert Alter
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0465025552

From celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter, the "groundbreaking" (Los Angeles Times) book that explores the Bible as literature, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself.

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel
Author: Othmar Keel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

Keel and Uehlinger's unique study brings the massive Palestinian archaeological evidence of 8,500 amulets and inscriptions to bear on these questions. Vindicating the use of symbols and visual remains to investigate ancient religion, the authors employ iconographic evidence from around 1750 B.C.E. through the Persian period (c. 333 B.C.E.) to reconstruct the emergence and development of the Yahweh cult in relation to its immediate neighbors and competitors. They also fully explore whether female characteristics were present in the early Yahweh figure and how they might have evolved in Israelite religion. Keel and Uehlinger's major study marks the maturation of iconographical studies and affords an exciting glimpse into the vibrant religious life of ancient Canaan and Israel.

Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity

Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity
Author: Lee I. Levine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300100891

Surveys Jewish visual culture in the Late Roman and Byzantine eras, including expression via figural images, biblical scenes and religious symbols.

Treasures of the Holy Land

Treasures of the Holy Land
Author: Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1986
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870994700

The art and history of the Holy Land are presented here by distinguished members of the curatorial staff of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. A series of essays examines this land's rich complexity from prehistory through the Islamic conquest of A.D. 640, and almost two hundred works of art are discussed in texts that explore their cultural, historical, religious, and aesthetic significance. Maps, site photographs, and comparative illustrations add to the reader's appreciation of a land whose great intellectual force continues to mold today's world.

Viewing Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology

Viewing Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology
Author: Ann Killebrew
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004306595

In honor of eminent archaeologist and historian of ancient Jewish art, Rachel Hachlili, friends and colleagues offer contributions in this festschrift which span the world of ancient Judaism both in Palestine and the Diaspora. Hachlili's distinctive research interests: synagogues, burial sites, and Jewish iconography receive particular attention in the volume. Archaeologists and historians present new material evidence from Galilee, Jerusalem, and Transjordan, contributing to the honoree’s fields of scholarly study. Fresh analyses of ancient Jewish art, essays on architecture, historical geography, and research history complete the volume and make it an enticing kaleidoscope of the vibrant field of scholarship that owes so much to Rachel.

Art as Biblical Commentary

Art as Biblical Commentary
Author: J. Cheryl Exum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567685195

Art as Biblical Commentary is not just about biblical art but, more importantly, about biblical exegesis and the contributions visual criticism as an exegetical tool can make to biblical exegesis and commentary. Using a range of texts and numerous images, J. Cheryl Exum asks what works of art can teach us about the biblical text. 'Visual criticism' is her term for an approach that addresses this question by focusing on the narrativity of images-reading them as if, like texts, they have a story to tell-and asking what light an image's 'story' can shed on the biblical narrator's story. In Part I, Exum elaborates on her approach and offers a personal testimony to the value of visual criticism. Part 2 examines in detail the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 and 21. Part 3 contains chapters on erotic looking and voyeuristic gazing in the stories of Bathsheba, Susanna, Joseph and Potiphar's wife and the Song of Songs; on the distribution of renown among Jael, Deborah and Barak; on the Bible's notorious women, Eve and Delilah; and on the sacrificed female body in the stories of the Levite's wife (Judges 19) and Mary the mother of Jesus.

The Medieval Haggadah

The Medieval Haggadah
Author: Marc Michael Epstein
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0300156669

Discusses four illuminated haggadot, manuscripts created for use at home services on Passover, all created in the early twelfth century.

Cultural Exchange

Cultural Exchange
Author: Joseph Shatzmiller
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2017-05-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691176183

Demonstrating that similarities between Jewish and Christian art in the Middle Ages were more than coincidental, Cultural Exchange meticulously combines a wide range of sources to show how Jews and Christians exchanged artistic and material culture. Joseph Shatzmiller focuses on communities in northern Europe, Iberia, and other Mediterranean societies where Jews and Christians coexisted for centuries, and he synthesizes the most current research to describe the daily encounters that enabled both societies to appreciate common artistic values. Detailing the transmission of cultural sensibilities in the medieval money market and the world of Jewish money lenders, this book examines objects pawned by peasants and humble citizens, sacred relics exchanged by the clergy as security for loans, and aesthetic goods given up by the Christian well-to-do who required financial assistance. The work also explores frescoes and decorations likely painted by non-Jews in medieval and early modern Jewish homes located in Germanic lands, and the ways in which Jews hired Christian artists and craftsmen to decorate Hebrew prayer books and create liturgical objects. Conversely, Christians frequently hired Jewish craftsmen to produce liturgical objects used in Christian churches. With rich archival documentation, Cultural Exchange sheds light on the social and economic history of the creation of Jewish and Christian art, and expands the general understanding of cultural exchange in brand-new ways.