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
2023
Rodov, Ilia, Mirjam Rajner, and Leor Jacobi. "Editorial". Ars Judaica. 2023, 19(1). V. https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2023.19.1
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.
2022
Rodov, Ilia M. "Microarchitecture and supernatural: An introductory survey". Enshrining the Sacred: Microarchitecture in Ritual Spaces. Peter 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. "Editorial". Ars Judaica. 2022, 18(1). V-VI. https://doi.org/10.3828/arsjudaica.2022.18.1
Shenderovich, Ida, Iryna Ramanava, and Ilia M Rodov "The afterlife of Belarusian historical synagogues". Jews and Slavs. 2022, 37-66.
Rodov, Ilia M. "Preface and acknowledgments". Enshrining the Sacred: Microarchitecture in Ritual Spaces. Peter Lang AG. 2022, xxiii-xxiv.
2021
Rodov, IIia and Mirjam Rajner. "Editorial". Ars Judaica. 2021, 17(1). V. https://doi.org/10.3828/aj.2021.17.1
רודוב, איליה. "האינדקס במרכז - ידע ומידע על אומנות יהודית". עת-מול; עתון לתולדות ארץ ישראל ועם ישראל. 2021, 272. 1-2.
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. and Sergey R. Kravtsov "Introduction"., Rodov, I. Kravtsov, S. Stolarska-Fronia, M. (ed.). From Ausgleich to the Holocaust: Ukrainian and Jewish Artistic of Lemberg/Lwów/Lviv. 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
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.
2018
Rodov, I. "Explorations of Jewish Architecture: Mapping the Past, Shaping the Present". Kravtsov, S. (editors). In the Shadow of Empires: Synagogue Architecture in East Central Europe. 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"., Keßler, Katrin and von Kienlin, Alexander Knufinke, Ulrich Weber, Annette (ed.). Synagogue and Museum. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 2018, 51-59.
2017
Rodov, I. "11 Hallucination Depicted: God’s Name on Shiviti Plates: God's Name on Shiviti Plates"., van Geest, Paul Poorthuis, Marcel Rose, Els (ed.). Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: : Encounters in Liturgical Studies. 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.
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. 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 Sperber. אוניברסיטת בר אילן. 2017, 191-213.
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
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". and Moskovich, W. Rodal, A. (ed.). The Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Cultural Dimenson. Jews and Slavs . Jerusalem: Hebrew University. 2016, 31-53.
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.
2015
Rodov, Ilia M "Revisiting the ‘Blind Synagogue': Vision and Voice in Double-Nave Prayer Halls". and Kassler, K. Kienlin, A. Von (ed.). Jewish Architecture: : New Sources and Approaches. Schriften der Bet Tfila - Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa. Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag. 2015, 83-94.
Rodov, I. Reframing Traditional Jewish Art. Constructing and Deconstructing Jewish Art, International Conference, Bar-Ilan University, 07 Sep 2015, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Paper, 2015.
Rodov, Ilia, Gate to the Lord: Symbolic Language of East-European Synagogue Art, Kiev-Mohyla Academy, 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.
2014
Rodov, Ilia, Capturing the Untouchable: Symbols of Light and Fire in Synagogue Art, Eshkolot Program, Moscow, 2014.
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.
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, Seeing the Invisible: Symbolism of the Divine Name in Synagogue Art, Eshkolot Program, Moscow, 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. "Imagining Theophany in Romania: Synagogue Painting and Christian Orthodox Art". Apulum: Series historia & patrimonium. 2014, 51. 49-66.
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. 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.
2013
Rodov, Ilia M "Kabbalistic traces in a Russian old-believer painting"., Moskovich, Wolf Shvarzband, Shmuel Alekseev, Anatoly (ed.). Galicia, Bukovina and other Borderlands in Eastern and Central Europe: Essays on Interethnic Contacts and Multiculturalism. Jews and Slavs . Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 2013, 13-34.
Rodov, I. "Research of Jewish Art: Focusing on Lithuania: focusing on Lithuania". Ars Judaica. 2013, 9. 123-126.
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. ""With eyes towards Zion": visions of the Holy Land in Romanian synagogues". Quest; Issues in Contemporary Jewry. 2013. 6.
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. "Hebrew Script in Christian Art". Khan, Geoffrey (editors). Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics. Boston: Brill. 2013, 462-477.
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 "Wandering in the past: Romanian travelogues of Zussia Efron". C, Cracium (editors). Lumea evreiască în literatura română. Colecţia Biblioteca de istorie literară. Al. I. Cuza” University Publishing House in Iasi. 2013, 311-335.
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, I. "Papal Lions on the Torah Ark: A Heraldic Symbol Converted". Materia Giudaica. 2013, 17-18. 215-227.
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. 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, Ilia M. "Papal lions on the Torah ark: a heraldic symbol converted". Materia Giudaica. 2012, 17-18. 215-227.
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.
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. 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, 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.
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, 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". Rodov, I. (editors). Between Syncretism and Independence: Interaction between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature. 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"., Poorthuis, Marcel Schwartz, Joshua Turner, Joseph (ed.). Interaction between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art and Literature. Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series. Brill Academic Publishers. 2009, 457-475. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004171503.i-626.160
Rodov, Ilia M. "Ars brevis, vita longa: on preservation of synagogue art". Studia Hebraica. 2009, 9-10. 91-111.
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 Judaica. Macmillan Reference. 2007, 224-248.
2006
Rodov, I. "Vegetal Ornamentation in European Synagogues and Its Origins". תימורה – קובץ מאמרים באמנות יהודית. Bar Ilan University Press. 2006, 111-132.
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". תימורה. 2006, 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.
2005
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 Civilization. New York University Press. 2005, 207-209.
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.
2004
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.
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. "A. I. Lokotko, Architecture of the European Synagogue, 2002". Vestnik evreyskogo universiteta. 2004, 387-398.
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, Jerusalem. Gesharim 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 Studies. 1994.
1993
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.
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.