Focuses on the relationship between the visual motifs and the abstract symbols that typify Jewish thinking through the ages. Presents a long line of works of art with particular attention to their symbolic motifs. Draws comparisons among the predominant motifs of Jewish art in different periods while also examining their universal elements and their link with Jewish sources and traditions. Translated into English from the Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger.

(Key Words: Symbolism, Jewish Art, Judaica, Star of David, Tradition, Religion, Judaism, Ida Huberman, Miriam Shlesinger, Ilana Shamir).