Reclaiming Biblical Heroines

Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


Note to the Reader





Introduction


?1?Historical Background


?2?Aims of the Book and the State of the Research


?3?Methodology





1 Judith in Late Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Jewish Art


?1.1?The Book of Judith


?1.2?Judith in Pre-modern Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art


?1.3?Judith in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Art


?1.4?Celebrating Her Triumph: Judith in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Jewish Art





2 The Jewish Queen Esther in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art


?2.1?The Book of Esther: Introduction


?2.2?Esther in Pre-modern Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art


?2.3?Jewish and Christian Literary Treatments of the Book of Esther in the Nineteenth Century


?2.4?Esther in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art





3 The Shulamite in Early Twentieth-Century Jewish Art


?3.1?The Song of Songs: An Introduction


?3.2?The Shulamite in Jewish and Christian Tradition and Art Up to the Nineteenth Century


?3.4?New Meanings of the Song of Songs in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Jewish and Christian Literature


?3.5?The Ideal Jewish Woman: The Shulamite and The Song of Songs in Jewish Art of the Early Twentieth Century





Conclusion


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• História da Arte e estilos do design: desde ~ 1900
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