The Sacrifice of Isaac in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art and Theology
Shalom Sabar
Monday, 29 Mar 2004 at 4:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Shalom Sabar is a professor of Art History and Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He serves as the editor of Rimonim, the only periodical in Hebrew on Jewish art (published by Israel's Ministry of Education); co-editor of the annual Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore; co-editor of a series of 20 volumes on the Jews in the lands of Islam and the author of two books in the series - on the life cycle and on the year cycle of these communities. Jewish, Christian and Muslim ideas about art are examined.
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