Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781474411714 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 448 str.

Mohammad Gharipour

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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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Introduction, Mohammad Gharipour; 1. Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World: History and the Dilemma of Identity, Mohammad Gharipour; 2. Prologue: Historic Relations Between Muslims and Jews, Reuven Firestone; Part I. Synagogue and the Urban Context; 3. Shrines of the Prophets and Jewish Communities: Ancient Synagogues and Tombs in Medieval Iraq, Sara Ethel Wolper; 4. Reflection of Sacred Realities in Urban Contexts: The Synagogues of Herat, Ulrike-Christiane Lintz; 5. Synagogues of the Fez mellah: Constructing Sacred Spaces in 19th Century Morocco, Michelle Craig; 6. Emotional Architecture: Cairo’s Sha’ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Iconography’s Global Reach, Ann Shafer; Part II. Synagogue and the Cultural Context; 7. The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia: Two Fourteenth-Century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire, Daniel Muñoz Garrido; 8. The Ottoman Jews of the 19th-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of the Yüksek Kald?r?m Ashkenazi Synagogue, Meltem Özkan Alt?nöz; 9. The Architecture and Décor of the Nahon and Bendrihen Synagogues of Tangier: Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community, M. Mitchell Serels; 10. Synagogues and Sacred Rituals in Tehran: An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-Persian Identities and Spaces, Arlene Dallalfar; Part III. Architecture and Interior Design; 11. Decorating Synagogues in the Western Islamic World: The Role of Sephardi Traditionalism, Vivian Mann; 12. Djerbian Culture and Climate As Expressed in A Historic Landmark: The Case of El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, Nesrine Mansour and Anat Geva; 13. Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India: Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations, Jay A. Waronker; 14. Immigrants’ Sacred Architecture: The Rabi Meir Baal-Hanes Synagogue in Eilat, Israel, Anat Geva; 15. Epilogue: Sensitive Ruins,Susan Miller; Appendix 1: Captions; Appendix 2: Bibliographies; Appendix 3: Biographies; Index.