{"product_id":"9780271027401-illuminated-haggadot-from-medieval-spain","title":"Illuminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiblical Imagery and the Passover Holiday. Emerging in Spain after 1250, Jewish narrative figurative painting became a central feature in a group of illuminated Passover Haggadot in the early decades of the fourteenth century. This book describes how the Sephardic Haggadot reflect different visualizations of scripture under various conditions and aimed at a variety of audiences. \u003cp\u003eEmerging in Spain after 1250, Jewish narrative figurative painting became a central feature in a group of illuminated Passover Haggadot in the early decades of the fourteenth century. \u003ci\u003eIlluminated Haggadot from Medieval Spain \u003c\/i\u003edescribes how the Sephardic Haggadot reflect different visualizations of scripture under various conditions and aimed at a variety of audiences. Though the specifics of the creation of these works remain a mystery, this book delves into the cultural struggles that existed during this period in history and shows how those conflicts influenced the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe culture surrounding the creators of the Sephardic Haggadot was saturated in conflict revolving around acculturation, polemics with Christianity, and struggles within Sephardic Jewry itself. Kogman-Appel presents the Sephardic Haggadot as visual manifestations of a minority struggling for cultural identity both in relation to the dominant culture and within its own realm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40928663863393,"sku":"9780271027401","price":160.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/c994c261a2814b053484c7bc11592629.jpg?v=1690924177","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780271027401-illuminated-haggadot-from-medieval-spain","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}