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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11706018.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and index.".
- catalog description "Modern denials and affirmations of Jewish art: Germanophone origins and themes -- Anglo-American variations -- The premodern consensus -- The well-tempered medieval sensorium -- Medieval beauty and cultural relativism -- Twelfth-century pilgrims, golden calves, and religious polemics -- The power and regulation of images in late medieval Jewish society.".
- catalog extent "233 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691010439 (cl. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "069108985X (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "296.4/6/09 21".
- catalog subject "BM538.A7 B55 2000".
- catalog subject "Jewish aesthetics.".
- catalog subject "Jewish art.".
- catalog subject "Jews Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Judaism and art History of doctrines.".
- catalog subject "Ten commandments Images.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Modern denials and affirmations of Jewish art: Germanophone origins and themes -- Anglo-American variations -- The premodern consensus -- The well-tempered medieval sensorium -- Medieval beauty and cultural relativism -- Twelfth-century pilgrims, golden calves, and religious polemics -- The power and regulation of images in late medieval Jewish society.".
- catalog title "The artless Jew : medieval and modern affirmations and denials of the visual / Kalman P. Bland.".
- catalog type "text".