Kalman P. Bland
The Artless Jew
Kalman P. Bland · 2000
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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.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN
- 9780691010434
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