TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gharipour,Mohammad
TI  - Synagogues in the Islamic World
SN  - 9781474468435
AV  - NA4690 .S963 2017
U1  - 726.3 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Synagogue architecture-Islamic countries
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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