Author : Samantha Baskind
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2014
Category : 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.
Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 35,85 MB
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : 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.
Author : Herbert N. Schneidau
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,53 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520031654
Author : Bezalel Narkiss
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Art, Jewish
ISBN :
Author : Othmar Keel
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,27 MB
Release : 1998
Category : 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.
Author : Marc Michael Epstein
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 13,3 MB
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0300156669
Discusses four illuminated haggadot, manuscripts created for use at home services on Passover, all created in the early twelfth century.
Author : Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1986
Category : 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.
Author : Lee I. Levine
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300100891
Surveys Jewish visual culture in the Late Roman and Byzantine eras, including expression via figural images, biblical scenes and religious symbols.
Author : Steven Fine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2005-06-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521844918
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Author : Amnon Ben-Tor
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 11,44 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300059199
In this illustrated book, some of Israel's foremost archaeologists present a survey of early life in the land of the Bible, from the Neolithic era (eighth millenium BC) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BC. Each chapter covers a particular era and includes a bibliography.
