Images of cosmology in Jewish and Byzantine art : God's blueprint of creation / / by Shulamit Laderman.
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 the Tabernacle...
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series
25. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.