Synagogues in the Islamic world : architecture, design, and identity / edited by Mohammad Gharipour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gharipour, Mohammad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synagogue architecture--Islamic countries.

Synagogue architecture.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

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.

Central Asia.

India--Kerala.

Turkey.

Spain.

North Africa.

Middle East.

Islamic countries.

Synagogues--History.

Interfaith relations.

Local Subjects:

Synagogues--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1474411711

9781474411714

OCLC:

993650303

Publisher Number:

99972684979