The color of prophecy : visualizing the Bible in a new light / Nahum HaLevi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

HaLevi, Nahum, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Prophets--Illustrations.

Bible. Prophets.

Painting, Modern.

Prophets in art.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Pictures.

Physical Description:

xx, 219 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem ; Springfield, NJ : Gefen Books, [2012]

Summary:

Words are integrated with images... thoughts are united with dreams. The Prophets' sublime, poetry, phantasmagoric visions, and sonorous voices have intrigued us and moved us over the centuries. The writings of the great seers of the Hebrew Bible resonate with us in ways that go beyond our own short lives, tapping in to a human consciousness that transcends our age. How do we understand them? How do we appreciate them? Nahum HaLevi has painted the prophetic visions in unified, loud, and explosively colorful visual-literary canvases, which he has then retranslated back into fresh literary-biblical analyses, providing novel understandings of the Bible and insights into the genesis of biblical thought. The Color of Prophecy contains fifteen chapters, one chapter for each of the fifteen books in the Prophets. Each chapter is accompanied by a copy of an original oil painting and the biblical analysis derived from it. This book addresses those who have an interest in the visual arts, the Bible, or both. Although it is a Jewish-inspired book, it strikes a universal chord and broadly appeals to Jews, Christians, and those of all faiths who share a common love of the Bible and art. Book jacket.

Contents:

Isaiah's symphony in salv-A-tion major

The book of Jeremiah : jackals and shackles

Ezekiel's brain : flotations and rotations in the river of time

The bride of Hoseashtein : betrothal and exile

Joel : devastation versus exaltation

The book of Amos : streaming social sentience

Obadiah : the pride and fall of Esau

Jonah : the breadth and depth of turbulence

The book of Micah : exile and metamorphosis

Nahum : the comfort of vengeance

Habakkuk has a look

Zephaniah : zhacrifice, Shoah, and zhalvation

Haggai's home improvement

Zechariah : the persistence and reciprocity of memory

Malachi : hands across time.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789652295798

9652295795

OCLC:

775415687

Publisher Number:

99950348235