Aniconism in Judaism
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aniconism-in-judaism-223-2915025
title:
Aniconism in Judaism
text:
Aniconism in Judaism refers to the idea that Judaism forbids the creation of "graven images," commonly understood to mean the prohibition of idolatry and idol worship. While Judaism is a logocentric religion, Jews were not under a blanket ban on visual art, despite common assumptions to the contrary, and throughout Jewish history and the history of Jewish art and created architectural designs and decorations of synagogues, decorative funerary monuments, illuminated manuscripts, embroidery and ot
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Prohibition against images portraying God
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Judaism
date created:
2006-03-16T15:23:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T08:03:02Z
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