Michaelangelo- Hebrew roots advocate?

[ContraMundum]

"Almost none of the visitors who enter the Sistine realize that they are gazing upon secret messages embedded by Michelangelo in his artistic masterpiece. They would certainly be surprised to learn that, in the pope's own chapel, Michelangelo employed these secret messages to advocate for a revolutionary change in Christianity's relationship to Judaism, and that the code itself was rooted in the Jewish tradition."

Whole article here.
(http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/The_Michelangelo_Code.asp)

[Ivy]

Whoa!........That Ammindab thing was quite something:



But the Church interprets a "prince of the Jews" to refer directly to Jesus. Michelangelo positioned Aminadab, "Prince of the Jews," as surrogate for Jesus himself.
http://image.aish.com/Michelangelo1.jpg
This is one of the extremely rare figures painted by Michelangelo sitting perfectly upright, looking forward, a signal by the artist that the figure is, indeed, noteworthy. Moreover, a bright yellow circle, a ring of cloth sewn onto a garment appears on Aminadab's upper left arm. (This detail was not revealed for modern audiences until the frescoes were restored in 2001.) This patch displays the badge of shame forced on the Jews of Europe by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 and the Inquisition during the 15th Century. Here, directly over the head of the pope, the Vicar of Christ, Michelangelo was reminding the Church that Jesus was a Jew. He was condemning the Church for its shameful treatment of the Jews, from whom Jesus was born.
This was a courageous statement. His veiled messages were painted at a time when the Talmud and other Jewish sacred texts were being burned all over Europe, the Inquisition was operating at full strength and the Jewish people had just been expelled from Spain in 1492. Michelangelo had the courage to challenge the papal court, asking via the symbols of his painting, "Is this how you treat the very family of Our Lord?"

[Ivy]

One thing I read in Mark Kinzer's book a while ago was his idea that Jesus is present in a hidden way in the Jewish people.......and that he might rise up one day and say to Christian persecutors, like he said to Saul of Tarsus, "Why do you persecute me?"

[Lulav]

Interesting, I am surprised this is written by an Orthodox Rabbi. I do not think though that he ( Buonarroti) was advocating Messianic Judaism, seems he was more at studying Kabalah which lead to his interpretations.

It seems everyone wants to find a hidden message in his works, he was an enigma of a man, but I have doubts if he was much a Christian.

[SingingElk]

Whether or not Michelangelo was sympathetic to Jews is open to speculation. Michelangelo is an enigma. He might have been sympathetic, but he did not understand Jewish culture. His figures from biblical history are often depicted nude and uncircumcised, including his David. They more resembled Greek sculpture rather then Jewish art.

[Eben Abram]

"Almost none of the visitors who enter the Sistine realize that they are gazing upon secret messages embedded by Michelangelo in his artistic masterpiece. They would certainly be surprised to learn that, in the pope's own chapel, Michelangelo employed these secret messages to advocate for a revolutionary change in Christianity's relationship to Judaism, and that the code itself was rooted in the Jewish tradition."

Whole article here. (http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/The_Michelangelo_Code.asp)
(http://www.aish.com/societyWork/arts/The_Michelangelo_Code.asp)


Sells books, when is the movie out?

Sorry, I know Aish well enough that if you beleive in Channukah than you can beleive in this.

If you know the truth about the "oil" etc. then you more than likely already know the talking points and the Selling Points of this and I need not comment.

:doh:

Eben