Rebecca Friedman, Assistant Art Librarian
- Rebecca Friedman, Assistant Art LibrarianRebecca is an excellent resource for Jewish art and archaeology. Please feel free to get in touch with her!
Miscellaneous Resources
- Ancient Jewish Synagogues: Architectural GlossaryBy Ruth Jacoby and Rina Talgam. Centre for Jewish Art, Hebrew University, 1988.
- Bard Graduate Center-Jewish Material Culture programScroll down for lectures, as some/all have been recorded. More recent lectures in the series can be found here: https://www.bgc.bard.edu/events/archive (do a CTRL + F for Jew or Jewish)
- Bornblum Eretz Israel Synagogues WebsiteSee description of this resource on the AWOL website: http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-bornblum-eretz-israel-synagogues.html
- Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University, JerusalemIncludes the Bezalel Narkiss (1926-2008) Index of Jewish Art. The inspiration for the IJA was Princeton’s Index of Christian (now Medieval) Art. Over 40 countries are represented in the Index and all media are included.
- Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture OnlineEditor Dan Diner. Published by Brill. Global in scope but a focus on recent history, 1750-1950s. See articles on “Art,” “Architecture,” and “Archaeology,” in particular.
- Oxford Art OnlineDavid J. Goldberg, Joseph Gutmann, Bezalel Narkiss and Shalom Sabar. “Jewish Art: History and
Iconography.” 2003, updated 2021. Sections on “History and People,” “Religion,” “Attitude to
Art,” and “Iconography.” See SEE ALSO links at the top for other articles as well.
- Index of Medieval Art This link opens in a new windowArchive of medieval art, describing and presenting iconographic subjects and images, without geographical limitation, from early apostolic times to the early modern era.
Jewish Studies/Jewish Art Journals
Erev Rav: Art. Culture. Society
Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Culture (Brill): (a previous journal on the subject, Journal of Jewish Art, was published 1974-85)
Specific Book Titles (selected)
Jewish Art by ISBN: 0883636956Publication Date: 1998-06-23Superbly illustrated, Jewish Art presents a sweeping panorama of three thousands years of artistic creativity accompanied by informative and thought-provoking text.
Jewish Art by ISBN: 0810935147Publication Date: 1997-02-01Covering nearly 4000 years, this extensively illustrated study traces the history of Jewish art from its origins - the Temple in Jerusalem, circa 2000 BC - to the work of the 20th-century artist, Marc Chagall.
Jewish Texts on the Visual Arts by ISBN: 0521652170Publication Date: 2000-02-13Jewish texts are a hidden treasure of information on Jewish art and artists, the patronage and use of art, and the art created by non-Jews. Most of these texts are written in Hebrew and Aramaic. Those scholars able to read them often do not understand their art-historical importance, while many art historians who would understand the references to art are hindered by language barriers. Jewish Texts on the Visual Arts includes fifty translated texts dating from the bibilical period to the twentieth century.
Jewish Religious Architecture by ISBN: 9789004370081Publication Date: 2019-11-01Jewish Religious Architecture explores ways that Jews have expressed their tradition in brick and mortar and wood, in stone and word and spirit. This volume stretches from the biblical Tabernacle to Roman Jerusalem, synagogues spanning two Millenia and on to contemporary Judaism.- Ancient Jewish Synagogues: architectural glossary byPublication Date: 1988
