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OverviewJewish Religious Architecture explores ways that Jews have expressed their tradition in brick and mortar and wood, in stone and word and spirit, from the biblical Tabernacle to contemporary Judaism. Social historians, cultural historians, art historians and philologists have come together in this volume to explore this extraordinary architectural tradition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven FinePublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 1 Weight: 0.768kg ISBN: 9789004370081ISBN 10: 9004370080 Pages: 382 Publication Date: 01 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface List of Figure Introduction Steven Fine 1 The Biblical Tabernacle: From Sinai to Jerusalem Carol Meyers 2 The Temple of Jerusalem in Biblical Israel Victor Avigdor Hurowitzז״ל 3 The Second Temple of Jerusalem: Center of the Jewish Universe Joseph L. Angel 4 Herod’s Temple: An Ornament to the Empire Peter Schertz and Steven Fine 5 Synagogues in the Greco–Roman World Steven Fine 6 The Ancient Synagogues of Asia Minor and Greece Mark Wilson 7 Synagogues in the Islamic World Joshua Holo 8 Synagogues of Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages Vivian B. Mann 9 Western Ashkenazi Synagogues in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Ena Giurescu Heller 10 Synagogues in Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern Period Batsheva Goldman-Ida 11 Christian Perceptions of Jewish Sacred Architecture in Early Modern Europe Yaacov Deutsch 12 Jewish Sacred Architecture in the Spanish and Portuguese Diaspora Ronnie Perelis 13 Jewish Sacred Architecture in the Ottoman Empire Reuven Gafni 14 Synagogues in India and Myanmar Jay A. Waronker 15 Italian Synagogues from 1492 to the Present Samuel D. Gruber 16 Reimagining the Synagogue in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Jess Olson 17 Modern Synagogue Architecture Samuel D. Gruber 18 The Sacred Architecture of Contemporary Hasidism Maya Balakirsky Katz 19 The Sukkah as Sacred Architecture Shulamit Laderman 20 The Eruv: From the Talmud to Contemporary Art Margaret OlinReviews"""(...) this book of essays fills a needed gap in Jewish art and material culture. It is the first that provides an expansive overlook of Jewish architecture from biblical times to our days, attempting to include side by side known and well-studied monuments with lesser-known chapters of the long history and vast geography of the Jewish experience."" - Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in: Review of Biblical Literature 08/2021." (...) this book of essays fills a needed gap in Jewish art and material culture. It is the first that provides an expansive overlook of Jewish architecture from biblical times to our days, attempting to include side by side known and well-studied monuments with lesser-known chapters of the long history and vast geography of the Jewish experience. - Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in: Review of Biblical Literature 08/2021. Author InformationSteven Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, director of the YU Center for Israel Studies and of the Arch of Titus Project. A cultural historian of ancient Judaism, Fine is a founding editor of Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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