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Aesthetic theology and its enemies : Judaism in Christian painting, poetry, and politics
Title
Aesthetic theology and its enemies : Judaism in Christian painting, poetry, and politics / David Nirenberg.
ISBN
9781611687774
1611687772
9781611687781
1611687780
9781611687798
1611687799
9781611687798
Publication
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xiv, 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Established the way in which Christian cultures has been regarded as "threatened" by Judaism and describes how arts of representation legitimated themselves as Christian by defending themselves against this threat"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2018
Series
The Mandel lectures in the humanities at Brandeis University
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
Contents
Troubling transcendence
Painting between Christianity and Judaism
Every poet is a Jew
Judaism as political concept.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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