@article{Lewy2011,
  author    = {Lewy, Mordechay},
  title     = {Corporeality in Jewish Thought and Art},
  series = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.},
  journal   = {PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung f{\"u}r J{\"u}dische Studien e.V.},
  number    = {17},
  issn      = {1614-6492},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-53319},
  pages     = {209 -- 223},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {The essay compares the dichotomous concepts of corporeality and spirituality in Judaism and Christianity. Through the ages, deviations from normative principles of beliefs could be discerned in both religions. These can be attributed either to the somewhat confrontational interaction between Jews and Christians in the Medieval urban environment or to the impact of Hellenic civilization on both monotheistic religions. Out of this dynamic impact emerged Christian art with a predilection to expressed corporeality, whereas Jewish religiosity found its artistic expression in a spiritual noniconographical mode. A genuine Jewish art and iconography could develop only after a certain degree of assimilation and secularization. Marc Chagall was the first protagonist of a mature expression of Jewish iconography.},
  language  = {en}
}