Aesthetic Theology and Its Enemies: Judaism in Christian Painting, Poetry, and Politics

(Part of the The Mandel Lectures in the Humanities Series)

by David Nirenberg

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Through most of Western European history, Jews have been a numerically tiny or entirely absent minority, but across that history Europeans have nonetheless worried a great deal about Judaism. Why should that be so? This short but powerfully argued book suggests that Christian anxieties about their own transcendent ideals made Judaism an important tool for Christianity, as an apocalyptic religion--characterized by prizing soul over flesh, the spiritual...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1611687780

ISBN13:9781611687781

Release Date:July 2015

Publisher:Brandeis University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.89 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.8" x 9.1"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Religion Religion & Spirituality

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