Images of cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine art : God's blueprint of creation /

Images of cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine art : God's blueprint of creation /

Does the design of the Tabernacle in the wilderness correspond to God's blueprint of Creation? The Christian Topography, a sixth-century Byzantine Christian work, presents such a cosmology. Its theory is based on the "pattern" revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai when he was told to build...

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Main Author: Laderman, Shulamith.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 25.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

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Cosmology in art.
Jewish art and symbolism > Themes, motives.
Art, Byzantine > Themes, motives.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious

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Call Number: N8012.C57 L33 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1. Jewish and Christian Reciprocal Influences
  • 2. The Blueprint of Creation in the Bible and Its Allegorical Interpretations
  • 3. Creation in Christian Works
  • 4. Creation as Interpreted in Jewish Art
  • 5. Visualizing Creation in a Fourteenth-Century Jewish Manuscript
  • 6. The Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant
  • 7. The Temple: History and Ideology
  • 8. The Synagogue as a Minor Temple
  • 9. Schematic Models: Forms of Visual Interpretation
  • 10. Perspective Imaging of the Tabernacle
  • 11. The Art of Memory: The Sanctuary, Its Sacrifices, and Its Cosmic Import
  • 12. Christian Supersession of Jewish Ideas
  • Epilogue
  • Addendum
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Illustrations.