Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire. She is the author of a number of influential studies, including "The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminst Theology of the Holocaust" (Routledge, 2003).

• 1. Distrust of the Visual in Judaism; 2. Judaism and the Sacralization of Beauty; 3. The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Visuality; 4. Gender and the Visual in Judaism; 5. The Holocaust as a Visual Revelation; 6. Jewish History as a Sacred Dance.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA

Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire. She is the author of a number of influential studies, including "The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminst Theology of the Holocaust" (Routledge, 2003).

• 1. Distrust of the Visual in Judaism; 2. Judaism and the Sacralization of Beauty; 3. The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Visuality; 4. Gender and the Visual in Judaism; 5. The Holocaust as a Visual Revelation; 6. Jewish History as a Sacred Dance.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA

Melissa Raphael is Professor of Jewish Theology at the University of Gloucestershire. She is the author of a number of influential studies, including "The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminst Theology of the Holocaust" (Routledge, 2003).

• 1. Distrust of the Visual in Judaism; 2. Judaism and the Sacralization of Beauty; 3. The Ethical Dimension of Jewish Visuality; 4. Gender and the Visual in Judaism; 5. The Holocaust as a Visual Revelation; 6. Jewish History as a Sacred Dance.

"Judaism and the Visual Image is a timely and most welcome theological contribution to the burgeoning interest in Jewish art and aesthetics - as well as a much needed introduction of art and aesthetics into contemporary Jewish thought and philosophy. Moving from the book of Genesis through modern to postmodern Jewish thought and art, this work by Melissa Raphael pivots around embodied, gendered images of the Jewish people and of messianic dance that are at once aesthetically nuanced and ethically serious." - Zachary Braiterman, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA