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This beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions, and how these contexts influenced the design and evolution of synagogues. As well as revealing how synagogues reflect the culture of the Jewish minority at macro and micro scales, from the city to the interior, the book also considers patterns of the development of synagogues in urban contexts and in connection with urban elements and monuments.

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The authors cover a remarkable geographic range and explain Sephardic Jewish architecture in its cultural contexts. Readers who think of Jews and their visual arts as primarily Ashkenazic will have much to learn from these essays, composed by Muslim, Christian and Jewish specialists in a spirit of inquiry and collaboration. -- Carol Herselle Krinsky, New York University

The authors cover a remarkable geographic range and explain Sephardic Jewish architecture in its cultural contexts. Readers who think of Jews and their visual arts as primarily Ashkenazic will have much to learn from these essays, composed by Muslim, Christian and Jewish specialists in a spirit of inquiry and collaboration. -- Carol Herselle Krinsky, New York University An essential corpus of knowledge. Mohammad Gharipour is to be congratulated and thanked for successfully and vigorously completing a long-anticipated move toward the development of a comprehensive history of synagogue architecture. -- Ilia Rodov, IMAGES

"'This beautiful book is a pioneering work as it deals with a wide range of Islamic countries without limitation to a specific period or community. [It] is a pleasure to read and to look at and it should be appealing to students and advanced scholars alike.'--Shaul Stampfer ""Religious Studies Review"" 'With fascinating insights and abundantly illustrated in color...this book is the first serious attempt to assess the architectural heritage of Jews across the Muslim world. Its editor is to be commended on his remarkable achievement.'--Sharman Kadish ""Ars Judaica The Bar Ilan Journal of Jewish Art"" 'An essential corpus of knowledge. Mohammad Gharipour is to be congratulated and thanked for successfully and vigorously completing a long-anticipated move toward the development of a comprehensive history of synagogue architecture.'--Ilia Rodov ""IMAGES"""

The authors cover a remarkable geographic range and explain Sephardic Jewish architecture in its cultural contexts. Readers who think of Jews and their visual arts as primarily Ashkenazic will have much to learn from these essays, composed by Muslim, Christian and Jewish specialists in a spirit of inquiry and collaboration. -- Carol Herselle Krinsky, New York University An essential corpus of knowledge. Mohammad Gharipour is to be congratulated and thanked for successfully and vigorously completing a long-anticipated move toward the development of a comprehensive history of synagogue architecture. -- Ilia Rodov, IMAGES This beautiful book is a pioneering work as it deals with a wide range of Islamic countries without limitation to a specific period or community. [It] is a pleasure to read and to look at and it should be appealing to students and advanced scholars alike. -- Shaul Stampfer, Religious Studies Review With fascinating insights and abundantly illustrated in color...this book is the first serious attempt to assess the architectural heritage of Jews across the Muslim world. Its editor is to be commended on his remarkable achievement. -- Sharman Kadish, Ars Judaica The Bar Ilan Journal of Jewish Art

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Mohammad Gharipour is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

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