Scholar explores ancient Jewish reactions to ancient pagan statues
Naomi Pfefferman
March 21, 2008
Professor Yaron Z. Eliav, who recently spoke about Jews and statues at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, co-directs the multidisciplinary Statuary Project at the University of Michigan, which, among other endeavors, peruses classical Jewish texts for references to statues (there are at least 6,000 of them — many appreciative of the figures\’ beauty and tolerant of female nudes).\n
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