This highly ambitious volume addresses the idea of "Jewish art and architecture" by posing and responding to a series of questions.
First is the unresolved conceptual definition of "Jewish," not just as applied to art, but to literature, music, dance, or thought as well.
Then there is the complex matter of historical designation: Abraham was called a Hebrew; Moses and David were Israelites; Ezra was a Judaean. How are these terms related...