Imagining the Self, Imagining the Other: Visual Representation and Jewish-Christian Dynamics in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period

Review 'This beautifully edited book is among the most sophisticated texts on the subject. Combining many of the most authoritative, scholarly voices today writing on Jewish representation, the book studies the Jewish-Christian polemic from manifold perspectives, incorporating the theological, political, and cultural debates within the Jewish and Christian contexts. This volume is a significant contribution to art historical and historical scholarship as well as to the field of religious studies.'Dana E. Katz, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2004.'...this volume of essays makes an important contribution to an expanding and increasingly refined field.'Nina Rowe, H-Net Reviews, 2003. Product Description This collection of essays re-examines the dynamics of Jewish indentity and Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, from the perspective of visual culture, especially manuscript illustration. About the Author Eva Frojmovic, Ph.D. (1993) in Art History, University of Munich, is Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Leeds. She has published on allegorical painting in the age of Giotto, and on Hebrew manuscript illumination.