The planning and building of the Hebrew University, 1919-1948 : facing the Temple Mount / Diana Dolev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolev, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim--Buildings.

Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim.

Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim--History.

Buildings.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 163 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Since the construction of the first Holy Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem in 957 BCE, the site became one of the holiest places for Jews, Christians, and Muslims around the world. Once the Dome of the Rock was built during early Islam, the edifice replaced the temple and for centuries pilgrims, travelers, and locals would climb up to the Mount Scopus summit for the magnificent view it afforded. Hence, planning and building an institute of national importance on Mount Scopus could not disregard the implications of that view of the Temple Mount-in terms of beauty, religious sentiments, and the link to a historic golden age. The Planning and Building of the Hebrew University, 1919-1948: Facing the Temple Mount traces, for the first time, the history of the construction of this highly significant Zionist enterprise. It follows the years of the British Mandate rule over Palestine, book-ended between the Ottoman Empire government and Israel's independence-an era of great changes in the area, Jerusalem in particular. In the three decades between 1919 and 1948, five different master plans were drawn up for the university, though none of them were fully implemented. Only ten buildings and one open-air theater were designed and fully completed. Each plan and building presented an interpretation of a university conception that also related to prevailing styles and ideological trends. Underlying each one were intricate power struggles, donors' wishes, and architectural concerns. Internationally famous town-planners and architects, such as Patrick Geddes and Erich Mendelsohn, took part in designing the campus. This book also reveals comparatively unknown architects and their contribution to the campus. Book jacket.

Contents:

Jerusalem and the Mount Scopus site

Patrick Geddes and Frank Mears : the first master-plan, 1919-1920

Fritz Kornberg : necessary necessary beginnings, 1923-1925

Frank Mears and Benjamin Chaikin : first three new buildings, 1926-1929

Julian Clarence Levi : the donor's vision for the Jewish studies building, 1929

Benjamin Chaikin : the neoclassic open-air theater, 1933

Erich Mendelsohn : secular spirituality, 1934-1941

Carl Rubin and Jacob Jawicz : the Museum of Jewish Antiquities, 1941

Joseph Douglas Weiss : the completion of the Jewish studies building, 1936-1940

Richard Kauffmann : the university city, 1944-1948.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dolev, Diana, author. Planning and building of the Hebrew University, 1919-1948.

ISBN:

9780739191613

0739191616

OCLC:

930683442