Ilia Rodov
Prof. Ilia Rodov serves as the Head of the Department of Jewish Art and holds the Samson Feldman Chair for the History and Culture of East-European Jewry at Bar-Ilan University. He is also the editor of Ars Judaica: Bar Ilan Journal of Jewish Art and co-editor of Jews, Judaism, and the Arts book series (Brill). His publications explore Jewish visual culture and synagogue art, focusing on the history, patronage, meanings, function and perceptions of paintings, sculptures, architectural decoration, and furniture design.
Fields of Interest
Exploring Jewish Art: An Academic Perspective
Practice and History of Jewish Art Studies
Abode of Sacred
Microarchitecture in Ritual Spaces
Hebrew Script in Visual Arts
Reading the Illegible
Recent Publications
Rodov, Ilia. "Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues." Andere Ästhetik - Studien, edited by Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher, Andere Ästhetik - Studien., Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025, 613-652 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111165219-020
Gertsman, Elina and Ilia Rodov. "Cosmic Ecologies: Animalities and Humanities in Medieval Jewish Art." Ars Judaica, 2025, 21, 1-4 https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2025.21.1
Rodov, Ilia. "ON SCROLLS, THE VISUAL, AND VISUALITY IN JEWISH ART." Images, 2024, 17(1), 17-49 https://doi.org/10.1163/18718000-12340188
רודוב, איליה et al. חוט אריאדנה: מדריך לעריכת עבודות כתובות בתולדות האמנות, מהדורה 7 דיגיטלית - לתלמידי אוניברסיטת בר-אילן udg., רמת גן: המחלקה לאמנות יהודית, אוניברסיטת בר אילן, 2024