For centuries, artists have responded to Biblical stories and left a treasure of great works. We will look at select themes such as King David and Bathsheba, Judith and Holofernes, Lot’s Daughters, Sacrifice of Isaac, Adam and Eve, plus more. It will be of particular interest to examine contemporary creations by Cindy Sherman, a key member of the Pictures Generation, Miriam Schapiro, a feminist leader, and Menashe Kadishman, a recipient of the Israel Prize in the arts, for their interpretations of Old Testament characters.

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Carol Salus is professor emerita in the division of art history at Kent State University. She is co-editor of Out of Context: American Artists Abroad (Greenwood Press, 2004). Her writings appear in Art Bulletin, National American Biography, Jewish Art, Printmaking Today, Shofar, Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Schatzkamer der Deutschen Sprache, Dichtung, und Geschichte, Analecta Husserliana, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Celestinesca, and others. She has twice been an invited speaker at the American Institute of Medical Education. She has been a speaker at Hebrew University (2006). She recently published a book, "Picasso and Celestina:  The Artist's Vision of the Procuress". Since retirement she has taught seniors through Case Western Reserve University and will be teaching seniors again through Brandeis University. She received her doctorate from The Ohio State University.