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

The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics

About the author

DAVID NIRENBERG has been writing about the intertwined histories of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam for many years. He is a professor at the University of Chicago, teaching in the history department and the Committee on Social Thought. His numerous publications include his groundbreaking monograph Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages and his recent and much acclaimed Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition.

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The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics

Product details

• Authors: David Nirenberg
• Publisher: University pr of new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2015
• EAN: 9781611687774
• ISBN: 978-1-61168-777-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Mandel Center for the Humaniti; Mandel Center for the Humaniti
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Christentum, Judentum, Kulturwissenschaften