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February 25, 2015

Anti-Semitism, Ideology, and Christian Art

Early Christian art contains frequent depictions of Jews but rarely gives them any distinctive Jewish features. Then, around the year 1000, Jews begin to appear in European art with pointy hats, beards, and (later) big noses. In Dark Mirror, Sara Lipton argues that the shifting portrayal of Jews reflected changes in Christian attitudes, as Bernard Starr writes in a review:

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February 25, 2015

  1. Six Reasons to Listen to Netanyahu

  2. Michael Kinsley Repeats, and Embellishes, the Lydda Libel

  3. What Sort of Realist Was Reinhold Niebuhr?

  4. Anti-Semitism, Ideology, and Christian Art

  5. Jonathan Sacks and Simon Schama on the Genius of the Jews