Dreams of Subversion in Medieval Jewish Art and LiteraturePenn State Press, 1997 - 180 pages Europe's Jewish minority culture was subjected to a barrage of public images proclaiming the dominance of the Christian majority. This book is the first to explore the Jewish response to this assault in the development of a visual culture through which Jews could affirmatively construct their identity as a people. It demonstrates how medieval Jews gave voice to messages of protest and dreams of subversion by actively appropriating and transforming the quintessential symbols of the dominant culture. |
Table des matières
If lions could carve stones On Being a Careful Reader | 1 |
The Elusive Hare Constructing Identity | 16 |
The Elephant and the Law Lex Militans | 39 |
Harnessing the Dragon A Mythos Transformed | 70 |
The Horn of His Anointed From History to Eschatology | 96 |
Wishes Dreams and Aspirations | 113 |
Notes | 121 |
Select Bibliography | 155 |
| 171 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Dreams of Subversion in Medieval Jewish Art and Literature Marc Michael Epstein Aucun aperçu disponible - 1997 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
allegory ancient animal appears artist Ashkenaz Avot beast Berechiah Bereshit Rabbah bestiary Bible biblical British Library celestial Christian art Color Plate commentary contemporary context creatures depicted divine donkey dragon eagle Edited elephant Esau eschatological example fable fact fourteenth century Genesis Germany God's Golden Haggadah Hadassi HaLevi hare hare-hunt Hebrew manuscripts Hodorov horn hunter iconography illuminated illustrated interpretation Isaac Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jewish art Jewish culture Jews Judah Karaite Leviathan Library MS Add lion literature liturgical poem London Maḥzor meaning medieval Hebrew medieval Jewish art medieval Jews mentalités Messiah metaphor Middle Ages Midrash Rabbah-Mirkin Mishnah Moses motif Oral Law Parah Pentateuch polemic Rabbanites rabbinic RaShI re'em redemption represents Ruthenia Reissen Sed-Rajna seems Sefer Yezirah Shabbat Shamir Shavuot Sinai specific symbol synagogue t'li tahash Talmud tanin taninim Theological thirteenth century tion Torah tradition unicorn verse word Worms YaKiNeHaZ Yehudah