Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

Media type: E-Book

Title: Synagogues in the Islamic World : Architecture, Design and Identity

Contains: Frontmatter
Contents
Figures and Tables
Introduction
Chapter One. Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World: History and the Dilemma of Identity
Chapter Two. Prologue—Historic Relations between Muslims and Jews
PART I SYNAGOGUE AND THE URBAN CONTEXT
Chapter Three. Synagogues and the Hebrew Prophets: The Architecture of Convergence, Coexistence, and Conflict in Pre-modern Iraq
Chapter Four. Reflection of Sacred Realities in Urban Contexts: The Synagogues of Herat
Chapter Five. Synagogues of the Fez Mellah: Constructing Sacred Spaces in Nineteenth-century Morocco
Chapter Six. Emotional Architecture: Cairo’s Sha’ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Symbolism’s Timeless Reach
PART II SYNAGOGUE AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
Chapter Seven. The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia: Two Fourteenth-century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire
Chapter Eight. The Ottoman Jews of Nineteenth-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of the Yüksek Kaldırım Ashkenazi Synagogue
Chapter Nine. The Architecture and Ornamentation of the Nahon and Bendrihem Synagogues of Tangier: Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community
Chapter Ten. Synagogues and Sacred Rituals in Tehran: An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-Persian Identities and Spaces
PART III ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Chapter Eleven. Decorating Synagogues in the Sephardi Diaspora: The Role of Tradition
Chapter Twelve. Djerbian Culture and Climate as Expressed in a Historic Landmark: The Case of El-Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia
Chapter Thirteen. Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India: Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations
Chapter Fourteen. Immigrants’ Sacred Architecture: The Rabbi Meir Baal-Haness Synagogue in Eilat, Israel
Chapter Fifteen. Epilogue—Sensitive Ruins: On the Preservation of Jewish Religious Sites in the Muslim World
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index

Contributor: Gharipour, Mohammad [Author]; Altınöz, Meltem Özkan [Contributor]; Craig, Michelle Huntingford [Contributor]; Dallalfar, Arlene [Contributor]; Firestone, Reuven [Contributor]; Geva, Anat [Contributor]; Gharipour, Mohammad [Contributor]; Lintz, Ulrike-Christiane [Contributor]; Mann, Vivian B. [Contributor]; Mansour, Nesrine [Contributor]; Miller, Susan Gilson [Contributor]; Muñoz-Garrido, Daniel [Contributor]; Serels, M. Mitchell [Contributor]; Shafer, Ann [Contributor]; Waronker, Jay A. [Contributor]; Wolper, Ethel Sara [Contributor]

Published: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (352 p.); 200 colour illustrations 3 B/W tables

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781474468435

ISBN: 9781474468435

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Keywords: Islam Relations Judaism ; Jews, Turkish ; Judaism Relations Islam ; Sephardim ; Synagogue architecture Africa, North ; Synagogue architecture Asia, Central ; Synagogue architecture India Kerala ; Synagogue architecture Islamic countries ; Synagogue architecture Middle East ; Synagogue architecture Spain ; Synagogue architecture Turkey ; Islamic Studies ; ARCHITECTURE / History / General

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Footnote: In English

Description: Explores the design and development of synagogues in the Islamic worldThis 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.Key Features:Uniquely explores the elements and concepts applied in the design of synagogues in the Islamic worldShows connections between Jewish and Islamic architecture and the collaboration among Muslims and Jews in the design and construction of synagoguesTakes an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach, providing a new setting for the analysis of Islamic architectureAddresses historical, social, urban, and architectural aspects of synagogues throughout the Muslim world including Iraq, Afghanistan, Morocco, Egypt, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran, and IndiaContributorsMeltem Özkan Altınöz, Karabük UniversityMichelle Huntingford Craig, Getty Research Institute Arlene Dallalfar, Lesley UniversityReuven Firestone, Hebrew Union College (Los Angeles) and University of Southern CaliforniaDaniel Muñoz-Garrido, University of Granada Anat Geva, Texas A&M UniversityMohammad Gharipour, Morgan State University Ulrike-Christiane Lintz, University of AmsterdamVivian B. Mann, Jewish Theological Seminary and The Jewish Museum Nesrine Mansour, Texas A&M University Susan Gilson Miller, University of California, Davis Ann Shafer, State University of New York, Fashion Institute of TechnologyRabbi M. Mitchell Serels, Berkeley College Jay A. Waronker, Academic and Architect Ethel Sara Wolper, University of New Hampshire

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