UID:
almafu_9959240986302883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-415-59265-8
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1-317-83242-6
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1-315-82362-4
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1-317-83243-4
Series Statement:
Routledge Jewish Studies Series
Content:
The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, for, as Plato said, they linked heaven and earth. Scripture described both the Jewish Tabernacle and Temple with a wealth of numbers. Proportions based on these numbers were used to design synagogues. Only a few Jewish documents survive, but they reveal a symbolism, which Christians sometimes repe
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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1. The shape of the question -- 2. The philosophy -- 3. God-given buildings -- 4. Synagogues and their liturgy -- 5. Heaven and earth -- 6. Synagogue proportions -- 7. The mosaic floors of synagogues -- 8. Christian dedication services -- 9. The first part of the Eucharist -- 10. The second part of Eucharist -- 11. The end of the tradition.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7007-1320-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-57580-X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315823621
