Perceptions. The Unbuilt Synagogue in Buda through Controversial Architectural Tenders (1912–1914)
Arts, 2019 The unbuilt synagogue in Buda is an almost forgotten chapter in Hungarian architectural history which drew great attention between 1911 and 1914. It was discussed extensively by the contemporary press in the early 20th century and by architects in the ...
Éva Lovra
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Teaching with Images among the Jews and Manichaeans of Late Antique Mesopotamia
Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2020 Although much has been written about the art of the famous synagogue at Dura-Europos, its rootedness in Mesopotamia has gone largely unexplored. This study looks south along the local trade routes to Iranian Babylonia and examines evidence available ...
Zsuzsanna Gulácsi
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Synagogue Decorations in Present-Day Ukraine: Practice in Preservation of Cultural and Artistic Heritage [PDF]
Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2020 There are approximately ten historical synagogue buildings left in Ukraine today which continue, to varying extents, to preserve their original wall paintings and decoration. A number of these were only recently discovered.
Kotlyar, Eugeny +2 more
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Inscribing Authority: Female Title Bearers in Jewish Inscriptions
Religions, 2012 This paper investigates representations of gender in the material culture of the ancient synagogue. The pertinent data are numerous dedicatory and funerary inscriptions linking individual Jews, men and women, with titles seemingly associated with ...
Carrie Duncan
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Arts, 2020 During excavations of the bimah (the platform for reading the Torah) of the 17th-century Great Synagogue of Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania), an important memorial inscription was exposed.
Jon Seligman
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'In Glasgow but not quite of it’? Eastern European Jewish Immigrants in a Provincial Jewish Community from c.1890 to c.1945 [PDF]
, 2013 This article makes use of autobiographies and oral interviews in order to explore the lifestyles of the first generation of immigrants within one particular provincial Jewish community – the Gorbals in Glasgow – between 1890 and 1945.
AVRAM TAYLOR, Rogers
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The Holocaust, the Jews of Lithuania and Blair's foreign policy [PDF]
, 2012 Holocaust Memorial Day Keynote Lecture, Northampton Synagogue, 26 February 2012.
Allwork, Larissa
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Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned [PDF]
, 2020 On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually
Murray, Keith +4 more
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Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 In this study, the development of faith communities is investigated in different texts and contexts. The socio-religious understanding of various communities, from the time of the Old Testament, to today, has the potential to provide an understanding of ...
Ananda Geyser-Fouche, Carli Fourie
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