Table Of ContentJUDAISM AND CHRISTIAN ART
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J U D A I S M A N D
C H R I S T I A N A R T
Aesthetic Anxieties from the Catacombs to Colonialism
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Edited by
Herbert L. Kessler
and
David Nirenberg
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia ∙ Oxford
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Copyright(cid:2)2011UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress
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ISBN978-0-8122-4285-0(hardcover:alk.paper)
1.Christianartandsymbolism—Europe. 2.Judaisminart. 3.Art,European—Themes,
motives. I.Kessler,HerbertL.,1941– II.Nirenberg,David,1964–
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contents
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ListofIllustrations vii
Introduction
DavidNirenberg 1
Chapter1. ‘‘Pharaoh’sArmyGotDrownded’’:SomeReflectionson
JewishandRomanGenealogiesinEarlyChristianArt
Jas´ Elsner 10
Chapter2. UnfeignedWitness:Jews,Matter,andVisionin
Twelfth-CenturyChristianArt
SaraLipton 45
Chapter3.ShadedwithDust:JewishEyesonChristianArt
HerbertL.Kessler 74
Chapter4. Iudeussacer:Life,Law,andIdentityinthe‘‘State
ofException’’Called‘‘MarianMiracle’’
FranciscoPrado-Vilar 115
Chapter5. AbrahamCircumcisesHimself:ASceneattheEndgame
ofJewishUtilitytoChristianArt
MarciaKupfer 143
Chapter6. FrauVenus,theEucharist,andtheJewsofLandshut
AchimTimmermann 183
Chapter7. JewishCarnality,ChristianGuilt,andEucharisticPeril
intheRotterdam-BerlinAltarpieceoftheHolySacrament
MitchellB.Merback 203
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Chapter8. TheGhettoandtheGazeinEarlyModernVenice
DanaE.Katz 233
Chapter9. ThroughaGlassDarkly:PathstoSalvationinSpanish
PaintingattheOutsetoftheInquisition
FelipePereda 263
Chapter10. RenaissanceNaturalismandtheJewishBible:Ferrara,
Brescia,Bergamo,1520–1540
StephenJ.Campbell 291
Chapter11. Poussin’sUselessTreasures
RichardNeer 328
Chapter12. Euge`neDelacroix’sJewishWeddingandtheMedium
ofPainting
RalphUbl 359
Chapter13. TheJudaismofChristianArt
DavidNirenberg 387
ListofContributors 429
Index 431
Acknowledgments 443
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illustrations
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Figure1.1. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,front,currentlyin
ArchaeologicalMuseum,Split 13
Figure1.2. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,front,currently
servingasaltarfrontinArles 13
Figure1.3. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,front,currentlyin
MuseoPioCristianoinRome 16
Figure1.4. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,front,currentlyin
Muse´eGranetinAix-en-Province 16
Figure1.5. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,leftside,showing
MosesbeforePharaohandtheIsraelitesbeginningtheirjourneyout
ofEgypt 17
Figure1.6. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,rightside,showing
miracleofmannaandquailsandMosesmakingthebitterwaterssweet 18
Figure1.7. SarcophagusoftheRedSeacrossing,front,detailofthe
Hebrewsfleeing,Muse´edel’Arlesantique 20
Figure1.8. ArchofTrajanatBeneventum 22
Figure1.9. ReliefpanelshowingMarcusAureliusdistributinglargesse
toparentsandchildren,ArchofConstantine,Rome. 23
Figure1.10. Trajan’sColumninRome,reliefshowingDacianfamilies
withchildreninflightfromRomansoldiers 24
Figure1.11. ColumnofMarcusAureliusinRome,reliefshowing
motherandchildinflightfromRomanlegionary 25
Figure1.12. TombstoneofPetroniaGratainTurin,reliefshowing
Aeneascarryinghisfather,Anchises,andleadinghissonIulusbythe
hand 27
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Figure2.1. OldTestamentprophetsidenticaltoNewTestament
apostles,FirstBibleofCharlestheBald 47
Figure2.2. RomanesquearchaizingdepictionofaHebrewprophet,
LobbesBible 48
Figure2.3. EilbertusportablealtarinBerlin 54
Figure2.4. ChristinMajesty,thetwelveapostles,andGospelscenes,
Eilbertusportablealtar 55
Figure3.1. Davidcomposingpsalms,inSt.Alban’sPsalter 76
Figure3.2. ChristinMajestywithprophets 81
Figure3.3. SaintEtienneatSens,altarpiece 84
Figure3.4. Leviticusfrontispiece 88
Figure3.5. TitusreturningwithJerusalemtrophies 91
Figure3.6. Reims,St.Remi,MosesandAaronwithbrazenserpent 94
Figure3.7. Mosesandthebrazenserpent 96
Figure3.8. Felanitx,Passioimaginisaltarpiece 98
Figure3.9. MandylionandKeramion 101
Figure3.10. Ezekiel’svisionoftheTemple 103
Figure4.1. Lapidary,Escorial,MS.H.I.15,folio1r 117
Figure4.2. Lapidary,Escorial,MS.H.I.15,folio19r 118
Figure4.3. CantigasdeSantaMaria,Florence,MS.B.R. 20,folio119v 119
Figure4.4. CantigasdeSantaMaria,MS.B.R.20,folio92r 120
Figure4.5. CantigasdeSantaMaria,Escorial,MS.T.I.1,folio39r 122
Figure4.6. CantigasdeSantaMaria,MS.B.R.20,folio119v 123
Figure4.7. CantigasdeSantaMaria,MS.T.I.1,folio131r 125
Figure4.8. CantigasdeSantaMaria,MS.T.I.1,folio155v 127
Figure4.9. CantigasdeSantaMaria,MS.T.I.1,folio9v 130
Figure4.10. Biblemoralis´ee,Toledo,MS.1,folio53v 132
Figure5.1. LuisdeGuzma´nsendinghisletterofcommissiontoMoses
Arragel;therabbiatworkbetweenhiscensors;AlbaBible 147
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Figure5.2. RabbiMosesArragel’spresentationofthecommissioned
manuscripttoLuisdeGuzma´n,AlbaBible 148
Figure5.3. ArrageltouchingthefeetofKingJuanIIofCastile,
AlbaBible 149
Figure5.4. Jerusalemattackedbythenations,AlbaBible 155
Figure5.5. Abrahamcircumciseshimself,AlbaBible 159
Figure5.6. JoshualeadstheassaultonAi,AlbaBible 165
Figure5.7. Abrahamcircumciseshimself,BibleofJeandeSy 169
Figure5.8. ConclusionofthestoryofHagar;Godintheperson
ofChristspeakswithAbraham;Abrahamcircumciseshimself;
PaduaBible 171
Figure6.1. Poniky,St.Francis,LivingCross 184
Figure6.2. Landshut,St.Martin,LivingCross 185
Figure6.3. DetailofSynagogafromLandshut,St.Martin,LivingCross 185
Figure6.4. JosephHuber,longitudinalsectionofLandshut’s
synagogue 187
Figure6.5. Landshut,viewoftheDreifaltigkeitsplatz 193
Figure6.6. WasserburgamInn,St.James,LivingCross 195
Figure6.7. Landshut,St.Martin,tabernaclealtar 197
Figure7.1. DircBouts,AltarpieceoftheHolySacrament 206
Figure7.2. LastSupper,centerpaneloftheRotterdam-BerlinCorpus
ChristiAltarpiece 208
Figure7.3. IsraelitePassover,leftwingoftheRotterdam-BerlinCorpus
ChristiAltarpiece 210
Figure7.4. DetailofJudasfromtheRotterdam-BerlinCorpusChristi
Altarpiece 212
Figure7.5. MasterBertramofMinden,LastSupper,fromPassionAltar 213
Figure7.6. DetailofyouthfulapostlefromtheRotterdam-BerlinCorpus
ChristiAltarpiece 218
Figure7.7. MasterI.A.M.vanZwolle,LastSupper 219
illustrations ix
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