Cultures of Invisibility: The Semiotics of the Veil in Ancient Judaism

The paper has four main objectives: (1) outlining the research framework in which the semiotics of the Jewish veil is analyzed; (2) sketching a semiotic analysis of some aspects of the veil in Jewish culture; (3) comparing the results of this analysis with those concerning other semiotics of the veil previously analyzed (the ancient Roman one, the early Christian one); (4) suggesting how a deeper comprehension of the “cultures of invisibility” might turn useful in order to understand how to better manage global communication in a “transmodern” world.