Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World. Organized by Yeshiva University Museum.

Fine, Steven, edited by.

ISBN 10: 0195102258 / ISBN 13: 9780195102253

Edité par Oxford University Press Yeshiva University Museum, New York, 1996

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Quarto, glossy paper covers, color frontispiece photo, xxx, 203 pp., b/w and color photos, b/w drawings, maps, Catalogue of Objects in the Exhibition, notes, glossary, selected bibliography, photographic credits, index Inscirbed by the author at length in Hebrew to Rabbi David Ellenson on the half-title page. Foreword: The Ancient Synagogue and the History of Judaism, Lawrence H. Schiffman. Articles are "Ancient Synagogues: An Archaeological Introduction," Eric M. Meyers, "From Meeting House to Sacred Realm: Holines and the Ancient Synagogue," Fine, "Diaspora Synagogues: New Light from Inscriptions and Papyri," Louis H. Feldman, "Diaspora Synagogues: Synagogue Archaeology in the Greco-Roman World," Leonard Victor Rutgers, "Synagogues in the Land of Israel: The Art and Architecture of the late Antique Synagogues," Rachel Hachlili, "Synagogues ion the Land of Israel: The Literature of the Ancient Synagogue and Synagogue Archaeology," Avigdor Shinan.

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• Titre: Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World. Organized by Yeshiva University Museum.
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Yeshiva University Museum, New York
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195102258
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195102253
• Reliure: Softbound
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

The tradition and spirituality of Judaism has touched people the world over for thousands of years. With the arrival in the near East of Alexander the Great and the destruction of the Temple in AD70, the synagogue came to represent a new era of this powerful religion, one which witnesses a greater emphasis on shared religious experience and prayer. In turn, the synagogue, derived from the Greek, meaning an "assembly", has come to mean the Jewish house of worship, evolving into a "sacred realm", in which the Torah came to play a central role linking the biblical past with the messianic future. Of course, the synagogue has been much more than a house of worship - it served the Jewish people as a place of learning, a community centre, and often as the official seat of Jewish self-government. Indeed, it is the institution most closely associated with the development of post-biblical Judaism thoughout the ages. This study offers a comprehensive history of the architectural and archaeological development of the synagogue from the third century BC to AD700. Telling the story of over 100 ancient synagogues throughout the world and their place in the history of Judaism and of Western civilization, this book provides a representation of the cultural, intellectual and artistic achievements of 3000 years of Jewish experience. This book accompanies an exhibition organized by the Yeshiva University Museum in New York.