The Artless Jew
Jewish art
Jews, intellectual life
Esthetica
Ten commandments
Beeldende kunsten
Jodendom
Histoire des doctrines
Vie intellectuelle
Juifs
History of doctrines
Judaism
Intellectual life
Jews
Religion
History
"Conventional wisdom holds that Judaism is indifferent or even suspiciously hostile to the visual arts due to the Second Commandment's prohibition on creating "graven images," the dictates of monotheism, and historical happenstance. Kalman Bland synthesizes evidence from medieval Jewish philosophy,…
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