The Menorah and the Seven-branched Candelabrum: Jewish and Christian Manifestations in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods

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The Menorah and the Seven-branched Candelabrum

Jewish and Christian Manifestations in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods

Edited by: Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher
Funded by: Universität Tübingen

Languages: English, German

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 15 | Andere Ästhetik – Studien

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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.

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Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher, Department of Art History, Tübingen University, Germany.

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Introduction
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Andrea Worm and Maria Streicher

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I. Tabernacle and Temple
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Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom
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Matthias Morgenstern

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Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption?
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Lutz Doering

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Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture
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Mary Carruthers

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Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel
97
Gerd Blum and Katrin Kogman-Appel

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Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel
143
Eva-Bettina Krems

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II. Image and Exegesis
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tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia
169
Eleanor Goerss and Andrea Worm

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Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349)
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Lesley Smith

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Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis
243
Margit Krenn

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The Sanctuary’s Implements
271
Emma Abate

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“A Secret Particularly Obscure”
307
J. H. Chajes

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III. Patronage and Memoria
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Aniane and Fulda
341
Vera Henkelmann

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Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England
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Tobias J. Bidlingmaier and Andrea Worm

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Marienwohlde oder Mölln?
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Jochen Hermann Vennebusch

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Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert
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Claudia Echinger-Maurach

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Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium
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Judith Utz

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„Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“
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Maria Streicher

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Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder
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Andrea Worm

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„den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“
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Jens Niebaum

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Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues
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Ilia Rodov

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Figures and Charts
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111165219

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Keywords for this book

Menorah; seven-branched candelabrum; Middle Ages; early modern times

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Art Historians and Researchers working in Jewish Studies, Theology, Cultural History

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The Menorah and the Seven-branched Candelabrum

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Frontmatter

List of Contents

Introduction

Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom

Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption?

Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture

Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel

Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel

tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia

Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349)

Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis

The Sanctuary’s Implements

“A Secret Particularly Obscure”

Aniane and Fulda

Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England

Marienwohlde oder Mölln?

Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert

Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium

„Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“

Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder

„den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“

Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues

Figures and Charts

The Menorah and the Seven-branched Candelabrum

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About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

List of Contents

Introduction

Das Schicksal des siebenarmigen Leuchters aus dem Jerusalemer Tempel im mittelalterlichen Rom

Priest, Temple, Jewishness, Redemption?

Articulating the geometricalia of Scripture

Vasari and Giambullari on the Menorah, the Tabernacle, and Bezalel

Die Menora in Raffaels Vertreibung des Heliodor und Garofalos Vertreibung der Wechsler aus dem Tempel

tres gradus fidelium in ecclesia

Jewish and Christian Re-Imagining of the Seven-branched Lampstand in the Postilla litteralis of Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349)

Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Speculum humanae salvationis

The Sanctuary’s Implements

“A Secret Particularly Obscure”

Aniane and Fulda

Seven-branched Candelabra in Medieval England

Marienwohlde oder Mölln?

Siebenarmige Leuchter im 16. Jahrhundert

Der siebenarmige Leuchter im Heiligtum von Mentorella (Vulturella) in Latium

„Madonna del Albero, dandole tal cognome quella gran pianta“

Der siebenarmige Leuchter in der Marienkirche in Frankfurt an der Oder

„den store liusestaken af bronz med dess Siu lampor“

Survivals and Revivals of the Menorah in Medieval and Early Modern European Synagogues

Figures and Charts

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