{"product_id":"ketubah-renaissance-the-artful-modern-revival-of-the-jewish-marriage-contract-hardback-9780827615625","title":"Ketubah Renaissance; The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract (Hardback) 9780827615625","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKetubah Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Shapiro (Author), Shalom Sabar (Foreword by), Joanna Homrighausen (Preface by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780827615625\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 1 color photograph, 137 color illustrations, 1 appendix\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 25.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Thoughtful, inspiring, ingenious, inventive, playful, profound. . . . Adjectives fail me. \u003ci\u003eKetubah Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous testament to the creative, aesthetic, and spiritual health of Jewish life in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The images summon the ‘mazal tovs’ of weddings past, present, and future.”-Anita Diamant, author of twelve books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Wedding Now\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Offers a bird’s-eye view into the fascinating journey of one of Judaism’s oldest forms of visual culture. Through careful selection, ancient and modern patterns emerge in the development of a veritable contemporary Ketubah Renaissance.”-Francesco Spagnolo, curator of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and associate adjunct professor of Music and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This stunning collection of marriage contracts in many media, from paper cuts to fabric, accompanied by an accessible history, is a must-have for anyone who loves Jewish ritual art.”-Jodi Eichler-Levine, Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization at Lehigh University and author of \u003ci\u003ePainted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Clear, well organized, and thoroughly researched, \u003ci\u003eKetubah Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e will make an outstanding gift to a couple soon to be married, providing ideas for the text and illustration of their own marriage contract as well as teaching about the history of ketubot. For rabbis, educators, and scholars as well, it’s an exceptional addition to the existing volumes on historical ketubot.”-Dorion Liebgott, editor of \u003ci\u003eArt and Tradition: Treasures of Jewish Life\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This comprehensive and accessible introduction to ketubot will aid couples in their ketubah decision-making process.”-Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIlluminating the contemporary revival of the Jewish marriage contract, \u003ci\u003eKetubah Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e relays the storied history of this beloved document (known in Hebrew as a ketubah) through the present day and showcases sixty of the most innovative and beautiful ketubot of the last half century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Originally created 2,500 years ago as a unilateral marriage contract stating what a groom would provide for his bride, the ketubah evolved from the tenth century onward into a richly decorated expression of love and commitment. Starting in the late 1960s a modern sensibility took root. Influenced by Jewish life and North American society at large, hundreds of artists and calligraphers began to imprint their unique aesthetic onto each ketubah design-a movement Judaica scholar Shalom Sabar calls “a veritable renaissance of the illuminated ketubbah”-while also updating the original Aramaic text to express contemporary values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Couples and families with upcoming weddings as well as officiating clergy, educators, aficionados of Jewish culture, scholars, and others will discover the evolving history of the ketubah in all its facets: its artforms, texts, scripts, iconography, production processes, and technological innovations. A curated, chronological ketubah gallery brings readers up close to sixty influential ketubot and the artists who created them-a colorful cornucopia of breakthroughs that epitomize the ketubah renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Ketubah Plates\u003cbr\u003e Foreword: The Joyous Art of the Ketubah by Shalom Sabar\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Between the Ketubah’s Margins and Center by Joanna Homrighausen\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Two Journeys \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. The Ketubah in Israel\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Landmark Era for the Art Ketubah\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ketubah Text Transformations and Use at the Wedding Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Script of the Ketubah\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Art of Ketubah Production\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Ketubah in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e 7. Gallery of Ketubah Plates \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix: Common Ketubah Symbols\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580505551128,"sku":"9780827615625","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ketubah-renaissance-the-artful-modern-revival-of-the-jewish-marriage-contract-hardback-9780827615625","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}