{"id":40802229553,"date":"2021-04-28T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802229553"},"modified":"2023-03-03T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:56:30","slug":"the-prophetic-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/the-prophetic-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Landau’s The Prophetic Quest with Contributions from Monmouth U.’s Director of Galleries and Collections, Scott Knauer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This April, the Pennsylvania State University Press published The Prophetic Quest<\/a><\/em>, an informative and exquisitely illustrated volume on the stained-glass windows of Jacob Landau at the Keneseth Israel synagogue, just north of Philadelphia in Elkins Park. The book, edited by David S. Herrstrom and Andrew D. Scrimgeour pulls back the curtain on this little-known work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed by the renowned American artist Jacob Landau, The Prophetic Quest<\/em> encompasses ten masterful abstract pieces of stained glass that depict the lives and words of the biblical prophets, each towering nearly twenty-five feet high and spanning five feet across. Featuring essays recounting Landau\u2019s vision, the history of his project, and detailed interpretive commentary on each window, this book presents an immersive experience of Landau\u2019s religious masterwork. Personal reflections written by artists, art historians, poets, clergy, and congregants about their experience of The Prophetic Quest<\/em> round out the volume with new ways to view and appreciate Landau\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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