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The Menorah and the Seven-branched Candelabrum
Jewish and Christian Manifestations in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
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Edited by:
Andrea Worm
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Funded by:
Sonderforschungsbereich 1391 Andere Ästhetik
Languages:
English, German
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
For both Judaism and Christianity, the Menorah is an iconic artefact. It played a crucial role as an implement of the Tabernacle in the desert and the Temple in Jerusalem. After the destruction of the Temple and the eventual loss of the Menorah, it became the quintessential symbol of the Jewish people. It also figures prominently in Christian thought and imagery. Especially Christian monumental seven-branched candelabra raise questions about their spatial aesthetics as well as their liturgical and performative functions.
This volume offers interdisciplinary reflections on the Menorah in both Jewish and Christian traditions, and thus contributes not only to a better understanding of their cultural entanglement in pre-modern times, but also to a more differentiated view of their specific and contextualaesthetic qualities.
Author / Editor information
Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher, Department of Art History, Tübingen University, Germany.
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I. Tabernacle and Temple
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Geheimnisse, Verbote, Spekulationen Matthias Morgenstern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Reflections on the Significations of the Menorah in Ancient Judaism Lutz Doering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Bezalel, Aaron, and Moses Mary Carruthers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Discourses on the Legitimisation of Art in Early Modern Italy and their Jewish Sources Gerd Blum and Katrin Kogman-Appel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Zu den Darstellungsmodi und der Bedeutung des jüdischen Kultgeräts Eva-Bettina Krems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The Seven-branched Candelabrum as an Allegory of Social Order in Peter of Poitiers’ Compendium historiae Eleanor Goerss and Andrea Worm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Margit Krenn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Their Iconography and Tradition in Manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (13th-15th Century) Emma Abate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The Menorah and the Sacred Space of Classical Ilanot (Kabbalistic Trees) J. H. Chajes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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III. Patronage and Memoria
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Seven-branched Candelabra from the Carolingian Period and their Context Vera Henkelmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Gathering Evidence Tobias J. Bidlingmaier and Andrea Worm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Überlegungen zur Provenienz des siebenarmigen Leuchters (1436) in der Möllner St. Nicolai-Kirche Jochen Hermann Vennebusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Zu einem kaum bekannten Entwurf Michelangelos und einer Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel von Marcello Venusti Claudia Echinger-Maurach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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IV. Context and (Re-)Use
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Judith Utz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Zur Rekontextualisierung des Trivulzio-Kandelabers im 16. Jahrhundert Maria Streicher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Performative und politische Kontexte Andrea Worm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Siebenarmiger Leuchter und schwedisches Königtum bei Nicodemus Tessin d. J., 1708 Jens Niebaum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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eBook published on:
August 22, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111165219
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Hardcover ISBN:
9783111164113
Edition:
Title is published in two volumes (15.1 and 15.2).
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
35
Main content:
669
Illustrations:
161
Coloured Illustrations:
69
Audience(s) for this book
Art Historians and Researchers working in Jewish Studies, Theology, Cultural History
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