Tradicinio žydų meno simbolika komparatyvistinėje perspektyvoje

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Judaizmas; Komparatyvistinis tyrimas; Komparatyvizmas; Lietuvos istorija; Menas; Simboliai; Simbolizmas; Tradicinis menas; Žydai; Žydų kultūra; Art; Comparative studies; Comparativism; Jewish culture; Jews; Judaism; Symbolism; Symbols; The Lithuanian history; Traditional art.

ENThe author studies the peculiarities of Jewish ritual art symbolism in comparison with the symbolism of other Eastern traditions. Jewish symbolism initially was formed within the archetypical mythological consciousness influenced by the cultures of Egypt, Accad and Iran. From the very beginning Judaism tended to adapt inherited religious images to the principles of monotheism. It reinterpreted the archetypical mythological symbols of the World Tree, the Temple and others as a means of positing God, whose way of being is essentially non-mythological. This way the system of symbols, which represents the main ideas of Judaism, was created. Torah, which essentially distinguishes Jewish Weltansicht from those of other nations, became the basis of all Jewish symbolism. Through the prism of Torah and the specifi- callyjewish attitude towards holiness alone, one can realize the unique importance of the symbol in traditional Jewish art. It embodies and represents the universal experience of humankind. Nevertheless, in the long run of history the symbols of Jewish ritual art were modified and reinterpreted mostly in relation to the main ideas of religion. [From the publication]