Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World: History and the Dilemma of Identity 6
6. Chapter Two. Prologue—Historic Relations between Muslims and Jews 19
7. PART I SYNAGOGUE AND THE URBAN CONTEXT
8. Chapter Three. Synagogues and the Hebrew Prophets: The Architecture of Convergence, Coexistence, and Conflict in Pre-modern Iraq 29
9. Chapter Four. Reflection of Sacred Realities in Urban Contexts: The Synagogues of Herat 51
10. Chapter Five. Synagogues of the Fez Mellah: Constructing Sacred Spaces in Nineteenth-century Morocco 73
11. Chapter Six. Emotional Architecture: Cairo’s Sha’ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Symbolism’s Timeless Reach 94
12. PART II SYNAGOGUE AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
13. Chapter Seven. The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia: Two Fourteenth-century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire 125
14. Chapter Eight. The Ottoman Jews of Nineteenth-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of the Yüksek Kaldırım Ashkenazi Synagogue 145
15. Chapter Nine. The Architecture and Ornamentation of the Nahon and Bendrihem Synagogues of Tangier: Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community 161
16. Chapter Ten. Synagogues and Sacred Rituals in Tehran: An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-Persian Identities and Spaces 185
17. PART III ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
18. Chapter Eleven. Decorating Synagogues in the Sephardi Diaspora: The Role of Tradition 205
19. Chapter Twelve. Djerbian Culture and Climate as Expressed in a Historic Landmark: The Case of El-Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia 226
20. Chapter Thirteen. Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India: Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations 248
21. Chapter Fourteen. Immigrants’ Sacred Architecture: The Rabbi Meir Baal-Haness Synagogue in Eilat, Israel 271
22. Chapter Fifteen. Epilogue—Sensitive Ruins: On the Preservation of Jewish Religious Sites in the Muslim World 293
23. Bibliography 299
24. About the Contributors 319
25. Index 323