Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 11

ArsJudaica is an annual publication of the Department ofJewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to thevisual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety ofperspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology, sociology,and folklore. As such it is a valuable resource for art historians, collectors,curators, and all those interested in the visual arts.

Contributors: Matthew Baigell, Rutgers University of New Jersey, Batya Brutin, Beit Berl Academic College, Zofit, Warren Zev Harvey, Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Moshe Idel, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem; Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Sara Offenberg, Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, Nils Roemer, University of Texas at Dallas, Debra Higgs Strickland, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, Annette Weber, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg

Volumesof Ars Judaica are distributed by the Littman Library of JewishCivilization throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and enquiries fromIsraeli customers should be directed to:

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