Synagogues in the Islamic world : architecture, design, and identity / edited by Mohammad Gharipour. [electronic resource]
Material type:
TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (xi, 334 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - 9781474468435 (e-book)
- Synagogue architecture -- Islamic countries
- Judaism -- Relations -- Islam
- Islam -- Relations -- Judaism
- Synagogue architecture -- Middle East
- Synagogue architecture -- Africa, North
- Synagogue architecture -- Spain
- Sephardim
- Synagogue architecture -- Turkey
- Jews, Turkish
- Synagogue architecture -- India -- Kerala
- Synagogue architecture -- Asia, Central
- 726.3 23
- NA4690 .S963 2017
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.