Amitai Mendelsohn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6639677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amitai Mendelsohn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amitai |
| FAMILY NAME | Mendelsohn |
| SIGNATURE | MENDELSOHN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Israel Museum Israel Jerusalem |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Akedah as an Actual Sacrifice
Akedat Yitzhak (The Binding of Isaac) is one of the most powerful and yet horrifying narratives of the Hebrew Bible, describing a sacrifice which was ultimately not performed, as Isaac was not slaughtered. However, over the centuries Jewish exegesis developed a controversial tradition in which Isaac was in fact sacrificed. This paper traces this tradition from Midrashic texts through Hebrew Crusade narratives into works by modern Jewish artists. …
Raida Adon
The artist and actor Raida Adon was born in Acre in 1972 to a family that includes members of all the three religions of this region: Muslims, Christians, and Jews [...]
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Raida Adon
The artist and actor Raida Adon was born in Acre in 1972 to a family that includes members of all the three religions of this region: Muslims, Christians, and Jews [...]
Akedah as an Actual Sacrifice
Akedat Yitzhak (The Binding of Isaac) is one of the most powerful and yet horrifying narratives of the Hebrew Bible, describing a sacrifice which was ultimately not performed, as Isaac was not slaughtered. However, over the centuries Jewish exegesis developed a controversial tradition in which Isaac was in fact sacrificed. This paper traces this tradition from Midrashic texts through Hebrew Crusade narratives into works by modern Jewish artists. …
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Acre (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Agricultural science (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 works)