Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish
Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to
the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from
a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography,
semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such it is a
valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all
those interested in the visual arts. In this volume, Avraham Faust
considers a unique phenomenon in the material culture of ancient
Israel during the biblical period: pottery without painted
decoration. Moshe Idel, an expert on Jewish mysticism, sheds new
light on the figure of Helios in the Hammath Tiberias synagogue
mosaic, comparing it to descriptions of angel 'Anafi'el in the
Heikhalot literature and medieval Kabbalistic texts. Rahel Fronda
attributes a group of medieval Ashkenazi Bible manuscripts
containing similar micrographic ornaments to the same scribal
workshop, possibly near Wurzburg. Alexander Mishory reveals a
Scroll of Esther illuminated by one of the first Bezalel artists,
Shmuel Ben-David, and focuses on his use of fowl and fox imagery
deriving from an Arab fable. Artur Tanikowski discusses social
awareness and humanist values in the work of Polish modernists of
Jewish origin. The Special Item by Nurit Sirkis Bank is dedicated
to hasidic wedding rings. A silver ring, square on the outside,
round within, and engraved with the Hebrew letter he is understood
as a symbol of unity and harmony between man and woman, the human
and the Divine, nature and culture, and even good and evil.
Contributor Information: Walter Cahn, Professor, History of Art
Department, Yale University, Avraham Faust, Director, Tel 'Eton
Excavations, Institute of Archaeology, Martin (Szusz) Department of
Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Rahel
Fronda, Hebraica and Judaica Subject Librarian, Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford, Carole Herselle Krinsky, Professor, Art
History Department, New York University, Moshe Idel, Professor,
Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Senior Researcher, Shalom Hartman Institute, David Malkiel,
Professor, Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University, Alec
Mishory, independent scholar, Israel, Ilia Rodov, Lecturer,
Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, Nurit Sirkis Bank,
Curator, Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo; doctoral
candidate, Bar-Ilan University, David Stern, Professor, Jewish
Studies Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, Artur Tanikowski,
Graphic Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw; Faculty of
Humanities, Fryderyk Chopin Uiversity of Music, Warsaw; Curator,
Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw Volumes of Ars Judaica
are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and enquiries from
Israeli customers should be directed to: Ars Judaica Department of
Jewish Art Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900 Telephone: 03
5318413 Email:
[email protected]
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