Dear Safranim and Safraniot,
Schoen Books is pleased to announce that we are the United States
distributor of Ars Judaica,
the magnificent new journal on Jewish art from Bar Ilan
University. Peruse the list of articles.
The journal is an essential addition to the collections of all art
lovers, scholars and Jewish libraries.
To order copies of the first two issues of Ars Judaica, kindly
contact Ken Schoen at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recent lists of out-of-print Judaica titles are also available.
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Yaniv, Bracha (editor). ARS JUDAICA : THE BAR-ILAN JOURNAL OF JEWISH
ART: VOLUME 1
The Michael J. Floersheim Memorial for Jewish Art. Ramat Gan, Israel:
Bar Ilan University, 2005.
Articles:
· Figural Art in Ancient Judaism by Lee Levine;
· Toward a Semiotic Approach to Jewish Art by Avigdor Poseq;
· The Meaning of the Zodiac in Synagogues...by Mira Friedman;
· Dragons: A Symbol of Evil in European Synagogue Decoration? by Ilia Rodov;
· Gallico's Identity Exposed: Revealing an Erased Colophon from a
Renaissance Prayer Book by Evelyn Cohen;
· Discovering the Floersheim Haggadah by Yael Zirlin;
· Art and Early Zionist Movement: Controversy and Discord by Avram Kampf;
· Chagall's Fiddler by Mirjam Rajner; Arnold Schoenberg's Self
portraits...by Milly Heyd;
· An Early Torah Pointer from Afghanistan by Shaul Shaked and Ruth Jacoby.
Followed by book reviews and memoriams.
Paperback. Condition new. (211657) Issued yearly. $35.00
_______________________________________________
Yaniv, Bracha (editor). ARS JUDAICA: THE BAR-ILAN JOURNAL OF JEWISH
ART: VOLUME 2
The Michael J. Floersheim Memorial for Jewish Art. Ramat Gan, Israel:
Bar Ilan University, 2006.
Articles:
· Seeing the Voice: Configuring the Non-Figurable in Early Medieval
Jewish Art by Elizabeth Revel-Neher;
· Harlot or Penitent: The Figure of Rahab in Byzantine Illuminated
Manuscripts by Mati Meyer;
· Picture Bibles and the Re-written Bible: The Place of Moses dal
Castellazzo in Early Modern Book
History by Katrin Kogman-Appel;
· Moses' Shoes at the Burning Bush by Daniel Sperber;
· Menasseh Ben Israel and the "Wandering Jew" by Ziva Amishai-Maisels;
· Praising the Lord: Discovering a Song of Ascents on Carved Torah
Arks in Eastern Europe by Bracha
Yaniv;
· Hebraism and Hellenism in an Allegory--A Painting by Solomon
Joseph Solomon by Irit Miller;
· Oriental-Style Synagogues in Austria-Hungary: Philosophy and
Historical Significance by Rudolf Klein;
· Spiritualism and Mysticism in Recent Jewish American Art by
Matthew Baigell;
· "Joy and Gladness, Happy Festivals for the House of Judah": A
Unique Parokhet from Alessandria della
Paglia by Susan Nashman-Fraiman.
Followed by book reviews and memoriams.
Paperback. Condition new. (211658) Issued yearly. $35.00
--
Kenneth Schoen, SCHOEN BOOKS...specializing in:
Judaica, the Holocaust, history, WW2, social sciences,
psychoanalysis, and scholarly books in general.
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