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Bezalel Student as Ruth the Moabite
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Ben-Dov was the founder of the photography department in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This photograph of an art student posing as the biblical Ruth is faithful to the Bezalel mission to…

Contributor:

Yaacov Ben-Dov

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Women, Ecology, Education, Bible

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography, Religion & Theology
Photograph of woman wearing white head scarf holding a bouquet and gazing downward in a field.
Illustration from Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham)
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Kehunat Avraham (The Priesthood of Abraham), completed in Venice in 1719, is an interpretation and retelling of sections from the book of Psalms in verse. The Hebrew text in this illustration comes…

Contributor:

Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1719

Subjects:

Art, Prayer, Ecology

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Natural World, Visual & Material Culture
Page with circular drawing divided into three segments bearing Hebrew labels, the top segment depicting the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, the bottom right segment depicting fish, and the bottom left segment depicting other animals.