Calvary, Charles Bridge

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Calvary
The sculpture in 2007
Artist	Emanuel Max
Type	Sculpture
Subject	Jesus
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Coordinates	50°05′11″N 14°24′45″E / 50.0864°N 14.4124°E / 50.0864; 14.4124Coordinates: 50°05′11″N 14°24′45″E / 50.0864°N 14.4124°E / 50.0864; 14.4124

Calvary is an outdoor sculpture by Emanuel Max, installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.

Antisemitism[]

The sculpture features a crucifix surrounded by the Hebrew words "kadosh, kadosh, kadosh, Adonai Tzva’ot" (English: holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts) from the Kedushah. In 1696, a Jewish communal leader named Elias Backoffen was forced to pay for the inscription after being accused of blasphemy. The aleph in the word "Tzva’ot" is backwards, as the letter was removed by the Nazis during the occupation of Czechoslovakia, and later mistakenly placed after the war. The vav in the word "Adonai" has gone missing. In 2009, explanatory plaques were added in English, Czech and Hebrew after the Mayor of Prague was petitioned by a group of North American rabbis.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Calvary on Charles Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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