Ilia Rodov

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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

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Abode of Sacred

Microarchitecture in Ritual Spaces

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Hebrew Script in Visual Arts

Reading the Illegible

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Recent Publications

“Torah Ark” in David Ganz, Thomas Rainer, Sabrina Schmid, and Katharina Theil (eds.) Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament (Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Zurich, forthcoming in 2025), 4 pages

Ilia Rodov , 2025

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“Wake Up and Stay Silent: Visualizing Jewish Aural Practices” in Vladimir Levin, Sharon Liberman Mintz, and Rina Talgam (eds.), Welcoming Visuality: New Studies in Jewish Art and Material Culture (Boston: Brill, forthcoming in 2025), 30 pages

Ilia Rodov , 2025

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“Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues” in Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher (eds.), The Menorah and the Seven Branched Candelabrum: Jewish and Christian Manifestations in the Medieval and Early Modern Period

Ilia Rodov , 2025

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“Gates of Light: On the Windows in Medieval European Synagogues,” in Mirko Breitenstein and Vera Henkelmann (eds.), Medieval Light Studies: Presence, Use, Function, Theory, and Symbolism of Light in the Middle Ages (Heidelberg University Publishing, forth

Ilia Rodov , 2025

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