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Jacob Wisse

Jacob Wisse is associate professor of art history at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University, and the host of “The Artistic Legacy of the Hebrew Bible,” a lecture series.

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  1. Response ·

    Christians Believe in Divine Art. Jews Believe in Divinely Inspired Art. What Does the Difference Mean?

    By Jacob Wisse

    In response to the growing debate over the role and implications of using artificial intelligence to create art, the headline of a story from the Harvard Crimson posed the question, “If it wasn’t cr...

    Christians Believe in Divine Art. Jews Believe in Divinely Inspired Art. What Does the Difference Mean?

  2. Monthly Essay ·

    How Western Artists Used and Abused the Hebrew Bible

    By Jacob Wisse

    For centuries, visual artists, nearly all Christian, turned to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration even more often than the New Testament. What did they find there, and did they treat it well?

    How Western Artists Used and Abused the Hebrew Bible