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The stranger in early modern and modern Jewish tradition / edited by Catherine Bartlett and Joachim Schlör

Bartlett, Catherine *1967-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Schlör, Joachim *1960-* [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

XII, 291 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe- Bartlett, Catherine *1967-*: The stranger in early modern and modern Jewish tradition. - Leiden : Brill, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 291 Seiten)

978-90-04-43545-2 hardback

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-43546-9 (Fernzugriff)

*Judentum / Fremder / Geschichte 1500-

*Other (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects ; Strangers -- Religious aspects -- Judaism

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BM720.N6

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.3/8;

"Angels are the ultimate stranger. They come from another world and have a special place in the art of the Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985). In My Life (1923) the young Chagall recalls one memorable night in Saint-Petersburg. Drifting into sleep in the corner of a room (all he could afford) he suddenly saw the ceiling open and a winged being, surrounded by light and blue air, hovered above him before disappearing through the ceiling again"--