Judaism and the Visual Image: A Theology of Jewish Art »

Argues God's self-revelation is an aesthetic judgement and the processes of Jewish history can be construed as an aesthetic spectacle.

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Introduction 1

Ch. 1 The Second Commandment in Jewish Art and Thought 19

Ch. 2 Genesis 1 and the Creation of the Image 43

Ch. 3 What does a Jewish Woman Look Like? Gender and Images of Jews in Art 65

Ch. 4 Sublimity and the Representation of the Holocaust in Art 97

Ch. 5 Towards a Theology of The Holocaust Image 121

Ch. 6 The Dancing Figure of Jewish History 150

Notes 180

Bibliography 212

Index 225