Gharipour, Mohammad. <br/><br/>
Synagogues in the Islamic World. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (347 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World: History and the Dilemma of Identity -- CHAPTER 2  Prologue-Historic Relations between Muslims and Jews -- PART I SYNAGOGUE AND THE URBAN CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 3 Synagogues and the Hebrew Prophets: The Architecture of Convergence, Coexistence, and Conflict in Pre-modern Iraq -- CHAPTER 4 Reflection of Sacred Realities in Urban Contexts: The Synagogues of Herat -- CHAPTER 5 Synagogues of the Fez Mellah: Constructing Sacred Spaces in Nineteenth-century Morocco -- CHAPTER 6 Emotional Architecture: Cairo's Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Symbolism's Timeless Reach -- PART II SYNAGOGUE AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT -- CHAPTER 7 The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia: Two Fourteenth-century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire -- CHAPTER 8: The Ottoman Jews of Nineteenth-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of the Yüksek Kaldırım Ashkenazi Synagogue -- CHAPTER 9 The Architecture and Ornamentation of the Nahon and Bendrihem Synagogues of Tangier: Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community -- CHAPTER 10 Synagogues and Sacred Rituals in Tehran:An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-PersianIdentities and Spaces -- PART III ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN -- CHAPTER 11 Decorating Synagogues in the Sephardi Diaspora: The Role of Tradition -- CHAPTER 12 Djerbian Culture and Climate as Expressed in a Historic Landmark: The Case of El-Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia -- CHAPTER 13 Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India: Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations -- CHAPTER 14 Immigrants' Sacred Architecture: The Rabbi Meir Baal-Haness Synagogue in Eilat, Israel -- CHAPTER 15 Epilogue-Sensitive Ruins: On the Preservation of Jewish Religious Sites in the Muslim World -- Bibliography. About the Contributors -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474468435 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Synagogue architecture-Islamic countries.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA4690  / .S963 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>726.3