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Jewish Icons
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Author : Richard I. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998
Jewish Icons written by Richard I. Cohen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.
With the help of over one hundred illustrations spanning three centuries, Richard Cohen investigates the role of visual images in European Jewish history. In these images and objects that reflect, refract, and also shape daily experience, he finds new and illuminating insights into Jewish life in the modern period. Pointing to recent scholarship that overturns the stereotype of Jews as people of the text, unconcerned with the visual, Cohen shows how the coming of the modern period expanded the relationship of Jews to the visual realm far beyond the religious context. In one such manifestation, orthodox Jewry made icons of popular tabbis, creating images that helped to bridge the sacred and the secular. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the study and collecting of Jewish art became a legitimate and even passionate pursuit, and signaled the entry of Jews into the art world as painters, collectors, and dealers. Cohen's exploration of early Jewish exhibitions, museums, and museology opens a new window on the relationship of art to Jewish culture and society.
The Encyclopedia Of Jewish Symbols
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Author : Ellen Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1992
The Encyclopedia Of Jewish Symbols written by Ellen Frankel and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Reference categories.
... Jewish experience today. each entry traces the Symbol's history from its ancient roots to its modern expression.
Holocaust Icons
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Author : Oren Baruch Stier
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2015-11-01
Holocaust Icons written by Oren Baruch Stier and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with History categories.
The Holocaust has bequeathed to contemporary society a cultural lexicon of intensely powerful symbols, a vocabulary of remembrance that we draw on to comprehend the otherwise incomprehensible horror of the Shoah. Engagingly written and illustrated with more than forty black-and-white images, Holocaust Icons probes the history and memory of four of these symbolic relics left in the Holocaust’s wake. Jewish studies scholar Oren Stier offers in this volume new insight into symbols and the symbol-making process, as he traces the lives and afterlives of certain remnants of the Holocaust and their ongoing impact. Stier focuses in particular on four icons: the railway cars that carried Jews to their deaths, symbolizing the mechanics of murder; the Arbeit Macht Frei (“work makes you free”) sign over the entrance to Auschwitz, pointing to the insidious logic of the camp system; the number six million that represents an approximation of the number of Jews killed as well as mass murder more generally; and the persona of Anne Frank, associated with victimization. Stier shows how and why these icons—an object, a phrase, a number, and a person—have come to stand in for the Holocaust: where they came from and how they have been used and reproduced; how they are presently at risk from a variety of threats such as commodification; and what the future holds for the memory of the Shoah. In illuminating these icons of the Holocaust, Stier offers valuable new perspective on one of the defining events of the twentieth century. He helps readers understand not only the Holocaust but also the profound nature of historical memory itself.
Symbols Of Judaism
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Author : Marc-Alain Ouaknin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Symbols Of Judaism written by Marc-Alain Ouaknin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Jewish art categories.
The History Of The Shield Of David
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Author : Gerbern S. Oegema
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 1996
The History Of The Shield Of David written by Gerbern S. Oegema and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
A study of the evolution of the six-pointed star (in Hebrew, "Magen David" - "the Shield of David") as a Jewish symbol, from the Middle Ages to the present. For antisemitism, see pp. 68-72, "Jewish Hat and Jewish Badge as Distinctive Marks, " and pp. 120-125, "The Shield of David as an Antisemitic Symbol."
Egyptian Cultural Icons In Midrash
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Author : Rivka Ulmer
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2009
Egyptian Cultural Icons In Midrash written by Rivka Ulmer and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Egypt categories.
Rabbinic midrash of late antiquity and the early medieval period visualized Egypt and presented Egyptian religious concepts and icons. Midrash is analyzed in a cross-cultural perspective utilizing insights from the discipline of Egyptology. Topics: the Greco-Roman Nile god, Isis, Serapis and other gods, festivals, mummy portraits, funeral customs, the Egyptian language, Pharaohs, Cleopatra, Alexandria, the divine eye. The hermeneutical role of Egyptian cultural icons in midrash is explored.
Judaism And The Visual Image
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Author : Melissa Raphael
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-02-19
Judaism And The Visual Image written by Melissa Raphael and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-19 with Religion categories.
The widespread assumption that Jewish religious tradition is mediated through words, not pictures, has left Jewish art with no significant role to play in Jewish theology and ethics. Judaism and the Visual Image argues for a Jewish theology of image that, among other things, helps us re-read the creation story in Genesis 1 and to question why images of Jewish women as religious subjects appear to be doubly suppressed by the Second Commandment, when images of observant male Jews have become legitimate, even iconic, representations of Jewish holiness. Raphael further suggests that 'devout beholding' of images of the Holocaust is a corrective to post-Holocaust theologies of divine absence from suffering that are infused by a sub-theological aesthetic of the sublime. Raphael concludes by proposing that the relationship between God and Israel composes itself into a unitary dance or moving image by which each generation participates in a processive revelation that is itself the ultimate work of Jewish art.
Jewish Symbols In The Greco Roman Period
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Author : Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07
Jewish Symbols In The Greco Roman Period written by Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07 with History categories.
This volume presents the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offered evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Living Emblems
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Author : John D. Garr
language : en
Publisher: Golden Key Press
Release Date : 2007-01-22
Living Emblems written by John D. Garr and has been published by Golden Key Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-22 with Religion categories.
Biblical symbols were designed by God and by his people Israel to emphasize divine truths and to call believers to remembrance of responsibilities to worship and honor their Creator. Unfortunately, most Christians have been robbed of this insight by the historical church's separation from the Jewish people. Restoring Christianity's Hebraic foundations is essential for equipping believers with enriched understanding of the roots of their faith. Recognizing the historical and spiritual truths represented by the symbols of the Hebrew Scriptures is a profound means of underscoring the truth of Christianity's Jewish connection. Living Emblems: Ancient Symbols of Faith presents these vivid images of a rich biblically Hebraic tradition: The Shofar: A Trumpet in Zion; The Menorah: God's Lamp, Man's Light; The Mezuzah: A Sign at the Door; The Kiddush Cup: The Cup of Blessing. You'll be enriched as Living Emblems deeps your understanding of Jesus by revealing profound truths about his life and ministry through the powerful images reflected in the ancient symbols of biblical faith.
Jewish Symbols In The Greco Roman Period
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Jewish Symbols In The Greco Roman Period written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.