Title | Memory, Identity and Aspiration: Early Modern Jewish Maps of the Promised Land |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Pnina Arad |
Journal | Imago Mundi |
Volume | 69 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 52-71 |
ISSN | 03085694 |
Abstract | In the sixteenth century Jews began to produce maps showing the Exodus to the Promised Land. My aim in this article is to show that, through unique compositions of written biblical references and pictured symbolism (both Jewish and Christian), maps such as the Mantua map (1560s) and, a century later, the Amsterdam Haggadah [Passover] map (1695) were a means of constructing Jewish cultural memory and identity in the Diaspora and fostering aspiration for a second salvation through a return to Zion. I also explore the Jewish approach towards the biblical land as this was reflected in the maps. (English) |
DOI | 10.1080/03085694.2017.1242840 |
Short Title | Memory, Identity and Aspiration |