Opis: Judaism and the Visual Image - Melissa Raphael, M Raphael

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. "Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA1. Distrust of the Visual in Judaism; 2. Judaism and the Sacralization of Beauty; 3. The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Visuality; 4. Gender and the Visual in Judaism; 5. The Holocaust as a Visual Revelation; 6. Jewish History as a Sacred Dance.

Szczegóły: Judaism and the Visual Image - Melissa Raphael, M Raphael

Tytuł: Judaism and the Visual Image
Autor: Melissa Raphael, M Raphael
Producent: Continuum International Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780826494986
Rok produkcji: 2009
Ilość stron: 240
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.64 kg

Recenzje: Judaism and the Visual Image - Melissa Raphael, M Raphael