Lighting the way : in Judaism, Christianity, Islam / edited by Ruth E. Jackson-Tal ; curator: Ruth E. Jackson-Tal ; translation: Nancy Benovitz

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson-Tal, Ruth E., editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Benovitz, Nancy, translator.

Gorin-Rosen, Yael, writer of supplementary textual content.

Albag, Roy, writer of supplementary textual content.

Storchan, Benyamin, writer of supplementary textual content.

Sarfati, Rachel, writer of supplementary textual content.

Perugia, Gioia, writer of supplementary textual content.

Brosh, Na'ama, writer of supplementary textual content.

Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem), host institution, issuing body.

Series:

Ḳaṭalog (Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)) ; 758.

Cat. ; no. 758.

Standardized Title:

Li-reʼot et ha-ʻor. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Liturgical objects--Exhibitions.

Judaism.

Christianity--Liturgical objects--Exhibitions.

Christianity.

Islam--Liturgical objects--Exhibitions.

Islam.

Light in art--Exhibitions.

Light in art.

Light--Religious aspects--Judaism--Exhibitions.

Light.

Light--Religious aspects--Islam--Exhibitions.

Light--Religious aspects--Christianity--Exhibitions.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

118 pages color illustrations 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Israel Museum, 2024

Contents:

Let there be light : the significance of light and its expressions in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim holy places / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

Light through glass / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

Illusionary light / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

Clear light : glass lamps from the late Roman to the Islamic period / Yael Gorin-Rosen

Natural and artificial lighting in the En Gedi synagogue / Roy Albag

Illuminating the Church of the Glorious Martyr / Benyamin Storchan

Light on light : lighting and its role in mosques / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

The lamp as a sacred symbol / Ruth E. Jackson-Tal

A lamp hanging from an arch : for this is a holy place / Rachel Sarfati

Memorial lamps from Morocco : from personal to communal memory / Gioia Perugia

The glass-lamp industry of Hebron / Naʻama Brosh

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, June 2024-March 2025

Essays by Ruth E. Jackson-Tal, Yael Gorin-Rosen, Roy Albag, Benyamin Storchan, Rachel Sarfati, Gioia Perugia, and Naʻama Berosh

Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-118)

ISBN:

9789652785756

965278575X

OCLC:

1493172577