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Author Wilkinson, John, 1929-2018.

Title From Synagogue to Church : the traditional design : its beginning, its definition, its end / John Wilkinson.

Publication Info. Hoboken : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Routledge Jewish Studies Series
Routledge Jewish studies series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; The Documents; List of Illustrations; 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 the Eucharist; 11 The End of the Tradition; Documents; Appendices; Chronological List of Sources; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Synagogue Sample Plans; Church Sample Plans; Index.
Summary 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.
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Subject Synagogue architecture.
Synagogue architecture.
Church architecture.
Church architecture.
Synagogues -- Design and construction.
Synagogues.
Church buildings -- Design and construction.
Church buildings -- Design and construction.
Church buildings.
Religious facilities -- Design and construction.
Religious facilities.
Synagogue architecture -- Design and construction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wilkinson, John. From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780700713202
ISBN 9781317832430 (electronic book)
1317832434 (electronic book)
130657580X (e-book)
9781306575805 (e-book)