Publications
2024
Rodov, Ilia. "ON SCROLLS, THE VISUAL, AND VISUALITY IN JEWISH ART." Images, 2024, 17(1), 17-49 https://doi.org/10.1163/18718000-12340188
Rodov, Ilia, Mirjam Rajner, and Leor Jacobi. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2024, 20, v-vi https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2024.20.1
2023
רודוב, איליה. בעקבות הזמן האבוד : סיפורי מסע של זוסיה עפרון על אמנות יהודית ברומניה, המרכז לאמנות יהודית - האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, 2023
רודוב, איליה et al. חוט אריאדנה : מדריך לעריכת עבודות כתובות בתולדות האמנות, המחלקה לאמנות יהודית, אוניברסיטת בר אילן, 2023
Rodov, Ilia, Mirjam Rajner, and Leor Jacobi. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2023, 19(1), V https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2023.19.1
2022
Rodov, Ilia. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2022, 18(1), V-VI https://doi.org/10.3828/ARSJUDAICA.2022.18.1
Rodov, Ilia M. "Microarchitecture and supernatural: An introductory survey." Enshrining the Sacred: Microarchitecture in Ritual SpacesPeter Lang AG, 2022, 1-53
Rodov, Ilia M. Enshrining the sacred: Microarchitecture in ritual spaces, Peter Lang AG, 2022 https://doi.org/10.3726/b19228
Rodov, Ilia M. "Preface and acknowledgments." Enshrining the Sacred: Microarchitecture in Ritual SpacesPeter Lang AG, 2022, xxiii-xxiv
Shenderovich, Ida, Iryna Ramanava, and Ilia M Rodov. "The afterlife of Belarusian historical synagogues." Jews and Slavs2022, 37-66
2021
רודוב, איליה. "האינדקס במרכז - ידע ומידע על אומנות יהודית." עת-מול; עתון לתולדות ארץ ישראל ועם ישראל, 2021, 272, 1-2
Rodov, IIia and Mirjam Rajner. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2021, 17(1), V https://doi.org/10.3828/aj.2021.17.1
2020
Rodov, Ilia. "A taste of honey: Metaphorizing nature in traditional Jewish Art." Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 2020, 14(3), 370-394 https://doi.org/10.1558/JSRNC.38824
Rodov, Ilia and Mirjam Rajner. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2020, 16(1), V-VI https://doi.org/10.3828/aj.2020.16.1
2019
Rodov, I., Malgorzata Stolarska-Fronia and Sergey R. Kravtsov, editors. From Ausgleich to the Holocaust: Ukrainian and Jewish Artistic of Lemberg/Lwów/Lviv, Weimar: Grünberg Verlag, 2019
Rodov, I. and Sergey R. Kravtsov. "Introduction." From Ausgleich to the Holocaust: Ukrainian and Jewish Artistic of Lemberg/Lwów/Lviv, edited by I. Rodov, S. Kravtsov and M. Stolarska-Fronia, Weimar: Grünberg Verlag, 2019, 7-10
Rodov, Ilia and Mirjam Rajner. "Editorial." Ars Judaica, 2019, 15, V-VII https://doi.org/10.3828/aj.2019.15.1
2018
Rodov, I. "Explorations of Jewish Architecture: Mapping the Past, Shaping the Present." In the Shadow of Empires: Synagogue Architecture in East Central Europe, edited by S. Kravtsov, Grundrisse : Schriften zur Architektur- und Stadtbaugeschichte., Weimar: Grünberg Verlag, 2018, 7-19
Rodov, I. "Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design, and Identity." IMAGES: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture, 2018, 11(1), 252-258
Rodov, Ilia M. "Synagogue as Museum: Ritual and Exposition." Synagogue and Museum, edited by Katrin Keßler, Alexander von Kienlin, Ulrich Knufinke and Annette Weber, Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2018, 51-59
2017
Rodov, I. God`s Names in Synagogues: Optical Aspects of Mystical Experience, The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, 06 Aug 2017, Jerusalem, Israel, Paper, 2017
Rodov, I. "A Mahzor from Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community, written by Katrin Kogman-Appel." Images, 2017, 10(1), 137-139 https://doi.org/10.1163/18718000-12340061
Rodov, I. Adoption and Rejection of Zoomorphic Images in Medieval Synagogues, Visual and Material in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Culture, International Workshop, 17 Jul 2017, Münster, Germany, Paper, 2017
Rodov, Ilia M. "Capturing the ineffable: the tetragrammaton in synagogue art of Romanian Moldova." The Paths of Daniel: studies in Judaism and Jewish culture in honor of Rabbi Professor Daniei Sperberאוניברסיטת בר אילן, 2017, 191-213
Rodov, I. "11 Hallucination Depicted: God’s Name on Shiviti Plates: God's Name on Shiviti Plates." Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: : Encounters in Liturgical Studies, edited by Paul van Geest, Marcel Poorthuis and Els Rose, Chapter 11, Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology., Leuven: Peeters, 2017, 238-274 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004347083_013
Rajner, M. and I. Rodov. "Round Table Discussion." Ars Judaica; the Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2017., 13
2016
Rodov, I. Synagogue as Museum: Ritual and Exposition, Synagogue and Museum, The Third International Congress on Jewish Architecture, 21 Nov 2016, Braunschweig, Germany, Paper, 2016
Rodov, Ilia. "WHAT IS "FOLK" about SYNAGOGUE ART?." Images, 2016, 9(1), 49-63 https://doi.org/10.1163/18718000-12340052
Rodov, Ilia. Between the Earth and Heaven: Concepts of Spiritual and Intellectual Ascent as Reflected in Synagogue Art, Sefer – The Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, 2016
Rodov, I. Synagogue Space, Its Dimmed Images, and Their Elusive Meanings, Synagogue Wall Paintings: Research, Preservation, 13 Sep 2016, Jerusalem, Israel, Paper, 2016
Rodov, Ilia M. "Allegories of divine providence in Christian and Jewish art in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ukrainian lands." The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Cultural Dimenson, edited by W. Moskovich and A. Rodal, Jews and Slavs ., Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 2016, 31-53
2015
Rodov, I. Polish Dov and Jewish Niedźwiedź: Intercultural Contexts of East-European Synagogue Art, The Jewish Neighborhood in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Interrelations and Aesthetic Considerations, International Conference, 12 Apr 2015, Tel Aviv, Israel, Paper, 2015
Rodov, Ilia M. "Revisiting the ‘Blind Synagogue': Vision and Voice in Double-Nave Prayer Halls." Jewish Architecture: : New Sources and Approaches, edited by K. Kassler and A. Von Kienlin, Schriften der Bet Tfila - Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa., Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2015, 83-94
Rodov, Ilia. Gate to the Lord: Symbolic Language of East-European Synagogue Art, Kiev-Mohyla Academy, 2015
Rodov, I. Reframing Traditional Jewish Art, Constructing and Deconstructing Jewish Art, International Conference, Bar-Ilan University, 07 Sep 2015, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Paper, 2015
2014
Rodov, I. Art of Romanian Synagogues, Jews of Romania: Culture and Heritage, the Aharon and Rachel Dahan Center for Culture, Society and Education in the Sephardic Heritage, Bar-Ilan University, 11 Dec 2014, Ramat Gan, Israel, Paper, 2014
Rodov, I. On the Liturgy in Medieval Ashkenazic Synagogues, Jewish Architecture: New Sources and Approaches, International Conference, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 01 Apr 2014, Braunschweig, Germany, Paper, 2014
Rodov, I. "Winged Image of the Divine: A Comparative Note on Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish Art in Early Modern Ukraine: a comparative note on Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish art in early modern Ukraine." Judaica Ukrainica; Annual Journal of Jewish Studies, 2014, 3, 105-127
Rodov, Ilia. Capturing the Untouchable: Symbols of Light and Fire in Synagogue Art, Eshkolot Program, Moscow, 2014
Rodov, Ilia. Seeing the Invisible: Symbolism of the Divine Name in Synagogue Art, Eshkolot Program, Moscow, 2014
Rodov, I. The Pavilion-Shaped Bimah in Medieval Ashkenazi Synagogues, The Twenty-First Sefer Academic Conference in Jewish Studies, The Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, 03 Feb 2014, Moscow, Russian Federation, Paper, 2014
Rodov, I. "Imagining Theophany in Romania: Synagogue Painting and Christian Orthodox Art." Apulum: Series historia & patrimonium, 2014, 51, 49-66
Rodov, I. Architecture as a Matrix of Custom: On the Bodily Behavior in Medieval Ashkenazi Synagogues, International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 07 Jul 2014, Leeds, United Kingdom, Paper, 2014
2013
Rodov, I. "Hebrew Script in Christian Art." Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, edited by Geoffrey Khan, Boston: Brill, 2013, 462-477
Rodov, I. "Papal Lions on the Torah Ark: A Heraldic Symbol Converted." Materia Giudaica, 2013, 17-18, 215-227
Rodov, MI. The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland: A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity, Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series., Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004244405
Rodov, Ilia M. "Wandering in the past: Romanian travelogues of Zussia Efron." Lumea evreiască în literatura română, edited by Cracium C, Colecţia Biblioteca de istorie literară., Al. I. Cuza” University Publishing House in Iasi, 2013, 311-335
Rodov, I. "With Eyes towards Zion: Visions of the Holy Land in Romanian Synagogues." Quest, 2013, 6, 138-173 https://doi.org/10.48248/issn.2037-741X/749
Rodov, I. "Research of Jewish Art: Focusing on Lithuania: focusing on Lithuania." Ars Judaica, 2013, 9, 123-126
Rodov, I. From a Family Archive to Collective Memory: Sculptor Joseph Dinaburg and His Work in Synagogues, Documentation and Preservation of Synagogues in Israel: Field Work to Research, Inter-university Symposium, The Department for Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, ICOMOS (Israel), The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 12 Nov 2013, Ramat Gan, Israel, Paper, 2013
Rodov, Ilia M. "The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland: A Jewish Revival of Classical Antiquity." Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series, 2013, 23, 1-400
Rodov, Ilia M. ""With eyes towards Zion": visions of the Holy Land in Romanian synagogues." Quest; Issues in Contemporary Jewry, 2013., 6
Rodov, Ilia M. "Kabbalistic traces in a Russian old-believer painting." Galicia, Bukovina and other Borderlands in Eastern and Central Europe: Essays on Interethnic Contacts and Multiculturalism, edited by Wolf Moskovich, Shmuel Shvarzband and Anatoly Alekseev, Jews and Slavs ., Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2013, 13-34
2012
Rodov, I. Images of Theophany in Romanian Synagogues, Traditions and Perspectives in History of Jewish Art, International Conference, Bar-Ilan University, 10 Sep 2012, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Paper, 2012
Rodov, I. Wandering in the Past: Romanian Travelogues of Zussia Efron, Lumea evreiască în literatura Română (The Jewish World in The Romanian Literature), International Conference, the Center for Research on Romanian Jewry and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 14 Feb 2012, Jerusalem, Israel, Paper, 2012
Rodov, I. Padua to Kazimierz near Cracow: On the Ways of Renaissance in Jewish Art, Research of Polish Jews and Their Culture, Inter-University Conference, Bar-Ilan, 17 Dec 2012, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Paper, 2012
Rodov, I. Preservation of East-European Synagogues in the Post-Communist Age, Conference of the Committee for Wall Painting, ICOMOS (Israel), Museum of Rishon Lezion, 16 Nov 2012, Rishon Lezion, Israel, Paper, 2012
Rodov, Ilia M. "Papal lions on the Torah ark: a heraldic symbol converted." Materia Giudaica, 2012, 17-18, 215-227
Rodov, I. Voices Penetrating the Walls: On the Box-Like Bimahs in Medieval Ashkenazic Synagogues, Art and Performance in the Middle Ages, International Conference, Imago: The Israeli Association for Visual Culture in the Middle Ages, Ars Judaica, and Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, 27 Mar 2012, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Paper, 2012
Rodov, I. Between the Lost Empire and Future Paradise: Maksymilian Kugel's Synagogue Paintings, Ukrainian and Jewish Artistic and Architectural Milieus of Lwów/Lemberg/Lviv: From Ausgleich to the Holocaust, International Conference, Center for Urban History of East Central Europe (Lviv); Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Polish , 05 Nov 2012, Lviv, Ukraine, Paper, 2012
2011
Rodov, Ilia. Beating Heads Against the Wall: Outdoor Art on the Outskirts of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan; Jewish Art, 2011
Rodov, I. Papal Emblem on the Torah Ark: Adaptation of the Renaissance in a Roman Synagogue, The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Spread of Jewish Heritage in Europe, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, and the University of Florence, 05 Sep 2011, Jerusalem, Israel, Paper, 2011
Rodov, I. The Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, What Did Rabbi Moses Isserles Look Like, 28 Jul 2011, Jerusalem, Israel, Paper, 2011
Rodov, Ilia. Didactic Allegories in Eastern-European Jewish Folk Art: Journey through Ages, Cultures, and Media, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2011
2010
Rodov, Ilia. "Tower-liketorah arks, the tower of strength and the architecture of the messianic temple." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 2010, 73, 65-98
Rodov, I. "Tower-Like Torah Arks, The Tower of Strength and the Architecture of the Messianic Temple." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 2010, 73, 65-98
2009
Rodov, Ilia M. "Ars brevis, vita longa: on preservation of synagogue art." Studia Hebraica, 2009, 9-10, 91-111
Rodov, I. "Ars Brevis Vita Longa: On Preservation of Synagogue Art." Studia Hebraica, 2009, 9, 91-111
Rodov, I. "The King of the King of Kings: Images of Rulership in Late Medieval and Early Modern Christian Art and Synagogue Design." Between Syncretism and Independence: Interaction between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature, edited by I. Rodov, Brill, 2009, 457-475
Rodov, Ilia. "The king of the king of kings: Images of rulership in late medieval and early modern Christian art and synagogue design." Interaction between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art and Literature, edited by Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz and Joseph Turner, Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series., Brill Academic Publishers, 2009, 457-475 https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004171503.i-626.160
2008
Rodov, I. "Journey along the Cyclic Path." Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2008, 137-140
2007
Rodov, I. "Jerusalem: In Art." Encyclopaedia JudaicaMacmillan Reference, 2007, 224-248
2006
Rodov, I. "Pro arte judaicae." Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2006, 2, 163-164
רודוב, איליה. "הגן הפלאי: הפואטיקה של העיטור הצמחי בבתי-כנסת באירופה ומקורותיה." תימורה2006, 111-132
רודוב, איליה. "הגן הפלאי: הפואטיקה של העיטור הצמחי בבית-כנסת באירופה ומקורותיה." תימורה (קובץ בעריכת ברכה יניב)רמת גן: אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, 2006, 111-132
Rodov, I. "Vegetal Ornamentation in European Synagogues and Its Origins." תימורה – קובץ מאמרים באמנות יהודיתBar Ilan University Press, 2006, 111-132
2005
Rodov, Ilia M. "Dragons: a symbol of evil in European synagogue decoration?." Ars Judaica; the Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2005, 1, 63-84
Rodov, I. "Dragons: A Symbol of Evil in European Synagogue Decoration?." Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, 2005, 1, 63-84
Rodov, I. "Academic Enrichment in Israel." Teaching Jewish CivilizationNew York University Press, 2005, 207-209
2004
Rodov, I. "A. I. Lokotko, Architecture of the European Synagogue, 2002." Vestnik evreyskogo universiteta, 2004, 387-398
Rodov, Ilia. "The eagle, its twin heads and many faces: Synagogue chandeliers surmounted by double-headed eagles." Studia Rosenthaliana, 2004, 37, 77-129 https://doi.org/10.2143/SR.37.0.583404
Rodov, I. "The Development of Medieval and Renaissance Sculptural Decoration in Ashkenazi Synagogues from Worms to the Cracow Area,." The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2004.
2002
Rodov, I. Jewish Art in European Context, Jerusalem: Gesharim Press, 2002
Rodov, I. "National Art in the International Context." Jewish Art in European Culture, JerusalemGesharim Press, 2002, 5-10
1995
Rodov, I. "Bridges and Gaps." Jewish Art, 1995, 21, 183-193
Rodov, Ilia M. "Bridges and gaps: "Iskusstvo (Art)", Moscow, 1 (1994): special issue on modern Russian Jewish art." Jewish Art, 1995, 21-22, 183-193
1994
Rodov, I. and I. RODOV. "Origin and developments in the work of Shalom Moskovitz from Safed,." דברי הקונגרס העולמי האחד־ עשר למדעי היהדות: ירושלים, ג׳־ י׳ בתמוז, תשנ״ ג …, 1994, 1994.
Rodov, I. "Origin and Developments in the Work of Shalom Moskovitz of Safed." 11th World Congress of Jewish Studies1994.
1993
Rodov, Ilia M. "Origin and developments in the work of Shalom Moskovitz from Safed." World Congress of Jewish Studies, 1993, 11(D, vol.2), 127-134
Rodov, I., I. RODOV and רודוב איליה. "שורשים והתפתחות בעבודותיו של שלום מושקוביץ מצפת/ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORK OF SHALOM MOSKOVITZ FROM SAFED,." Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies/דברי הקונגרס העולמי …, 1993, 1993.