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JEWISH BOOK ANNUAL
VISUAL ARTS
D o n o r A n o n y m o u s
The Jews: A Treasury o f Art and Literature
, edited by Sharon R.
Keller (Hugh, Lauter, Levin Associates/Macmillan)
In
The Jews: A Treasury of Art and Literature,
selections from
the Bible, medieval diarists, poets, exegetes and essayists, con
temporary novelists, Israeli statesmen and Zionist ideologues,
attest to the phenomenal range of a literate tradition and the
literary heritage of the Jewish people. The documents, a smor
gasbord of readings which whet the reader’s appetite, are ac
companied by elegant reproductions of manuscript illumina
tions, artifacts, paintings, woodcuts, coins, ceremonial objects
which illustrate the text and depict Jewish customs and rituals
in a richness of detail. While the pictures give life to the text,
they also stand alone as a remarkable visual resource. The book’s
graceful design, layout and print quality make this book a trea
sure to hold as well as behold.