Jewish Blues : A History of a Color in Judaism / Gadi Sagiv.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sagiv, Gad, author.

Series:

Jewish culture and contexts.

Jewish Culture and Contexts Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blue.

Colors--Religious aspects--History.

Colors.

Colors--Social aspects--History.

Symbolism of colors--History.

Symbolism of colors.

Tekhelet (Dye).

Dyes and dyeing--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Dyes and dyeing.

Judaism--Customs and practices--History.

Judaism.

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Are there Jewish colors? This book examines the changing roles and meanings of the color blue in Jewish life. The book demonstrates how the specific color has constituted a means through which Jews have understood themselves throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Materiality of Blue in Premodern Judaism

Chapter 2. Tekhelet in Medieval Jewish Mysticism: Cosmology, Theology, and Vision

Chapter 3. Blue Garments in Early Modern Judaism: Between Kabbalistic Symbolism and Social Practice

Color Plates

Chapter 4. The Modern Renaissance of the Tekhelet Dye

Chapter 5. Reactions to Modern Tekhelet: Blue as a Sociocultural Challenge

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781512823387

1512823384

OCLC:

1343103926