Language:
English
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Museum Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
2 (1993) 81-84
Keywords:
Antisemitism History To 500
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Antisemitism in art
Abstract:
States that antisemitic cliches have infiltrated the historical and art historical research of the 20th century, and continue to surface to this day. Gives three instances of such prejudice and the manner in which it tarnishes the judgment of otherwise reputable men of learning. The first is the identification of a Roman marble bust as that of Josephus Flavius (by a Jewish scholar, Robert Eisler, in 1930) based on its "crooked or broken nose." Eisler thereby adopted the classic antisemitic stereotype regarding Jewish noses. The second example is the Spanish scholar Salvador de Madariaga's claim that Columbus was Jewish, giving Columbus's lust for gold as one of the proofs. The third example is Bible critic Julius Wellhausen's comment on 1 Chronicles 22-29 (dealing with gold, silver, etc. for Solomon's Temple) about "the Jews who revel in vast sums of money."
Note:
On antisemitic stereotypes.
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Appeared also in his "Bread, Wine, Walls and Scrolls" (2001).
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