An edition of The Artless Jew
(2000)
The Artless Jew
Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual.
by Kalman P. Bland
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"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.
Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy, mysticism, poetry, biblical commentaries, travelogues, and law, concluding that premodern Jewish intellectuals held a positive, liberal understanding of the Second Commandment and did, in fact, articulate a certain Jewish aesthetic."--BOOK JACKET.
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Jewish art, Jews, Jewish aesthetics, Ten commandments, Images, Intellectual life, History of doctrines, Judaism and art, Jews, intellectual life, Judaïsme et art, Histoire des doctrines, Art juif, Esthétique juive, Juifs, Vie intellectuelle, RELIGION, Judaism, Rituals & Practice, History, Beeldende kunsten, Visualisatie, Esthetica, Jodendom| Edition | Availability |
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Artless Jew: Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual
2001, Princeton University Press
in English
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Artless Jew: Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual
2001, Princeton University Press
in English
1282767003 9781282767003
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The Artless Jew: Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual
October 1, 2001, Princeton University Press
Paperback
in English
069108985X 9780691089850
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The Artless Jew: Medieval and Modern Affirmations and Denials of the Visual.
April 17, 2000, Princeton University Press
Hardcover
in English
0691010439 9780691010434
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"In 1992, Marc Chagall was in Moscow and Erwin R. Goodenough was at Oxford University."
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