Jewish artist to give his ‘Illustrated Genesis’ to Pope Benedict
THE JERUSALEM POST
By Jeremy Sharon
ITALY - Renowned artist Avner Moriah will present the pope with his illustrated version of Genesis, the first book of the Torah, at the Vatican this Wednesday. [link]
Celebrated as a landscape artist, Moriah, who received a Masters of Fine Arts from Yale in 1983, has been concentrating on illuminating Jewish texts for the past 10 years. The work, which juxtaposes the Hebrew text of the Bible with the artist’s interpretative drawings, took Moriah two years to complete, and is the first stage of his larger project to illustrate the entire Torah – the Five Books of Moses – with his unique form of visual commentary. The book will be included in the Vatican Library’s distinguished holdings section.
By Jeremy Sharon
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| "The Illuminated Book of Genesis" by Avner Moriah |
Celebrated as a landscape artist, Moriah, who received a Masters of Fine Arts from Yale in 1983, has been concentrating on illuminating Jewish texts for the past 10 years. The work, which juxtaposes the Hebrew text of the Bible with the artist’s interpretative drawings, took Moriah two years to complete, and is the first stage of his larger project to illustrate the entire Torah – the Five Books of Moses – with his unique form of visual commentary. The book will be included in the Vatican Library’s distinguished holdings section.
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