Samuel Bak

Pardes

   
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Pardes
  • 1992
  • Oil on linen
  • 38 5⁄8 × 51 1⁄8 inches(98 × 130 cm)

  • Signed and dated lower right: BAK 92

  • Pardes This title, which means "orchard" in Hebrew, is a mnemonic work used in the thirteenth century to stand for the four basic approaches to interpreting biblical text: Peshat (literal meaning); Remez (allegorical, often philosophical); Drash (haggada, use of legend); and Sod (mystical).
    Betty Rogers Rubenstein, Samuel Bak . The unanswered Question, 1994

  • Themes:  Ladder,  Tree,  Smoke,  Symbol/Letter

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Exhibitions

BAK Landscapes of Jewish Experience 1993 Boston, MA

Literature

SAMUEL BAK Myth, Midrash and Mysticism Michael Fishbane 1995 Boston, MA, front cover ill.

Samuel Bak . The unanswered Question Betty Rogers Rubenstein 1994 Washington, DC, p. 135, ill.

BAK Landscapes of Jewish Experience Bernhard H. Pucker 1993 Boston, MA, p. 15, ill.

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