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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marc Michael Epstein |
| ISBN: | 0271016051 9780271016054 |
| OCLC Number: | 34477104 |
| Description: | xix, 180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | "If lions could carve stones...": on being a "Careful Reader" -- The elusive hare: constructing identity -- The elephant and the law: Lex Militans -- Harnessing the dragon: a mythos transformed -- "The Horn of His Annointed": from history to eschatology -- Wishes, dreams, and aspirations. |
| Responsibility: | Marc Michael Epstein. |
Abstract:
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.
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- Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts.
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- Animals, Mythical, in art.
- Iconografie.
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by SarahAnn updated 2012-03-24
