The Story of the Synagogue: A Diaspora Museum Book - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060694017 ISBN 13: 9780060694012

Synopsis

From the fly-leaf: 'The synagogue probably evolved from the first "assembly houses" of the Jews in Babylonian exile. Over the centuries they have remained the hub of Jewish community life - a place not only for assembly and worship, but for education and study, to air grievances and even as a place of refuge from attack. Geoffrey Wigoder traces the history of the synagogue, charting the many migrations and the varied styles of architecture from the simple and austere to the magnificent, where the furnishings and fittings, the carving and painting, are unique expressions of Jewish art. Over centuries of tribulation many synagogues have been destroyed. A great number have been faithfully reconstructed in model form by the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv. Photographs of these models, combined with archival material and contemporary photographs of synagogues from many different countries around the world, make this an important historical record of Jewish life.'

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060694017
• ISBN 13: 9780060694012
• Binding: Hardcover