This unique view of the Holy City is a blend of compelling history and sumptuous visuals, featuring new scholarship and many previously unpublished images collected from all over the world.
The custom of illuminating the traditional Jewish marriage contract, the kettubah , developed over the last four centuries into a rich and varied form of Jewish folk art. This book offers a broad selection from one of the outstanding collections of kettubot , representing Jewish communities from the Near East to Northern Europe. It focuses ...
As the spiritual center of the world's three monotheistic religions, Jerusalem is a crossroads of art, architecture, and history. The sanctified sites of the city, its fascinating personages, and its breathtaking landscapes have captivated the imagination of artists over the centuries -- but, as in every culture, the images that have resulted ...
The illuminated haggadah is the most popular artistic book in Jewish history. The word "haggadah," means recital - namely, reciting or telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt - following the biblical exhortation to tell the next generation the story of the redemption of the Israelites. This special collector's edition of The Moriah Haggadah, ...
The illustrated ketubbah is a unique artifact of Judaica. It is, first of all, a legal document virtually unchanged since talmudic times. It is also an artistic expression of aesthetic tastes and social mores from centuries of Jewish wanderings.
Presents through pictures and text a social history of Jewish life and art. This title includes chapters where each of it relates the brief history of a period, devoting particular attention to events concerning Jewish life.
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