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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.
Author
Nirenberg, David, 1964-
Publication
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]

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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"--
Series Statement
Mandel lectures in the humanities at Brandeis University
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
*PZB 15-232
ISBN
  • 9781611687774 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1611687772 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781611687781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1611687780 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781611687798 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015005586
OCLC
894931601
Author
Nirenberg, David, 1964- author.
Title
Aesthetic theology and its enemies : Judaism in Christian painting, poetry, and politics / David Nirenberg.
Publisher
Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Mandel lectures in the humanities at Brandeis University
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.
Research Call Number
*PZB 15-232
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