TY  - GEN
T1  - The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual
A1  - Bland, Kalman P., 1942-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm51478992
AB  - 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.
OP  - 233
CN  - BM538.A7 B55 2000eb
SN  - 1400811074
SN  - 9781400811076
SN  - 9781400823574
SN  - 1400823579
SN  - 1282767003
SN  - 9781282767003
SN  - 069108985X
SN  - 9780691089850
SN  - 0691010439
SN  - 9780691010434
KW  - Ten commandments : Images.
KW  - Ten commandments
KW  - Judaism and art : History of doctrines.
KW  - Jewish art.
KW  - Jewish aesthetics.
KW  - Jews : Intellectual life.
KW  - Judaïsme et art : Histoire des doctrines.
KW  - Art juif.
KW  - Esthétique juive.
KW  - Juifs : Vie intellectuelle.
KW  - RELIGION : Judaism : Rituals & Practice.
KW  - RELIGION : Judaism : History.
KW  - Jewish aesthetics
KW  - Jewish art
KW  - Jews : Intellectual life
KW  - Judaism and art : History of doctrines
KW  - Beeldende kunsten.
KW  - Visualisatie.
KW  - Esthetica.
KW  - Jodendom.
KW  - Pictures
ER  -