Main entry:

Jewish Architecture: New Sources and Approaches (2014 : Technische Universität Braunschweig)

Title & Author:

Jewish Architecture : New Sources and Approaches / edited by Katrin Kessler & Alexander von Kienlin.

Publication:

Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag ; Braunschweig : Bet Tfila, 2015.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 27 cm.

Series:

Schriften der Bet Tfila - Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa ; Band 8

Notes:
International conference proceedings.
Includes bibliographical references.
Jewish architecture as historical source / Alexander von Kienlin -- The synagogue of Allersheim in Lower Franconia: an example of building style that has almost been lost / Hans-Christof Haas -- Synagogue buildings as primary sources: the American example / Lee Shai Weissbach -- East-central European synagogue tradition in Canada / Hagit Hadaya -- The Jewish ritual bath in Germany: evolution and statistics / Katrin Kessler -- Architectural drawings of synagogue organs: a preliminary study on the organs of synagogues in Strasbourg, Krefeld and Berlin / Martha Stellmacher -- Rabbinic literary evidence on the Mikveh in medieval Germany: a work in progress / Yonatan Adler -- Revisiting the "blind synagogue": vision and voice in double-nave prayer halls / Ilia Rodov -- Text and context: Jewish concepts of synagogue architecture in medieval and modern times / Annette Weber -- The modern-time theoretical reconstructions of the Mishnaic Temple as a source for synagogue architecture / Sergey R. Kravtsov -- From Germany to the homeland: reinterment of four Zionist notables in Israel / Doron Bar -- Sites of (dis)memory?: former synagogues in the countryside: the case study Lower Franconia / Rebekka Denz -- Jac. Ahrenberg: the man who designed the Helsinki synagogue / Pirkko-Liisa Schulman -- Ludwig Levy and his synagogue designs: the Strasbourg synagogue in contemporary print media / Mirko Przystawik -- Jewish ways to architecture between Weimar Republic, National Socialism and emigration: questions for future interdisciplinary research in the field of Jewish architecture / Ulrich Knufinke & Sylvia Necker.

Summary:

"Presents a wide range of articles dealing with the various aspects of Jewish architecture throughout the centuries and its interaction with literature, politics, etc. Scholars from Europe, Israel and America presented their current research on Jewish architecture at the international conference"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9783731903222 (hd. bd.)
3731903229 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Jewish architecture Congresses.
Synagogue architecture Congresses.
Architecture juive Congrès.
Architecture synagogale Congrès.
Jewish architecture
Synagogue architecture
Architektur
Juden
Synagoge
Europa

Form/genre:

Proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Kessler, Katrin, editor.
Kienlin, Alexander von, editor.
Schriften der Bet Tfila--Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa ; Bd. 8.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294675
Call No.: BIB 240426
Status: Available