Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA

• Introduction 1. Approaches to Images in Jewish Art and Thought  2. Genesis 1 and the Creation of the Image 3. What does a Jewish Woman Look Like? Gender and Images of Jews in Art 4. Sublimity and Representation of the Holocaust in Art 5. Towards a Theology of the Holocaust Image 6. The Dancing Figure of Jewish History Bibliography  Index

Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA

• Introduction 1. Approaches to Images in Jewish Art and Thought  2. Genesis 1 and the Creation of the Image 3. What does a Jewish Woman Look Like? Gender and Images of Jews in Art 4. Sublimity and Representation of the Holocaust in Art 5. Towards a Theology of the Holocaust Image 6. The Dancing Figure of Jewish History Bibliography  Index

Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA

• Introduction 1. Approaches to Images in Jewish Art and Thought  2. Genesis 1 and the Creation of the Image 3. What does a Jewish Woman Look Like? Gender and Images of Jews in Art 4. Sublimity and Representation of the Holocaust in Art 5. Towards a Theology of the Holocaust Image 6. The Dancing Figure of Jewish History Bibliography  Index