Results 21 to 30 of about 5,523 (229)
Aspects of the impact of Christian art and architecture on synagogues in Byzantine Palestine
This thesis examines the relationship between Jews and Christians in the Holy Land from the age of Constantine the Great to the conquest of the eastern provinces by the Arabs from an archaeological viewpoint.
Milson, David. +2 more
core +1 more source
The article contains an analysis of the activities of two museums: in Tykocin and in Włodawa. These institutions have a number of common features: both are located in small towns in the eastern part of Poland, where large and flourishing Jewish ...
Kinga Migalska
doaj +1 more source
Although many religious experiences occur within the walls of churches, mosques, synagogues, etc. and the sacred spaces that surround them, many more are encountered in the secular spaces and experiences of our everyday lives. Working out of the critical
Jodi Hunt
doaj +1 more source
Abstract Background Children growing up in low‐resource settings are at greater risk for lifelong psychiatric problems. They are both more likely to have risk factors for early psychopathology and to be less likely to seek help and engage support for these problems.
Julia E. Michalek +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary
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
wiley +1 more source
Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
wiley +1 more source
Exilic Landscapes: Synagogues and Jewish Architectural Identity in 1870s Britain
When Jews in Florence, Italy submitted plans for a new Great Synagogue in 1872, the designs were rejected not on the usual religious or political grounds, but for stylistic reasons.
Leon Fenster
doaj +1 more source
ABSTRACT ‘Middle Australia’ became a ubiquitous term of social categorisation and political positioning during the latter decades of the 20th century. This article examines how this concept was variously used in the metropolitan print media in the guises of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne, including in their reporting of federal and ...
Chris Beer
wiley +1 more source
Revival of Pharaonic Architecture in Synagogues and Masonic Temples: Identity or Inspiration?
The ancient Egyptian architectural elements and motifs had a deep religious philosophy, which is connected to their beliefs in resurrection. This religious philosophy made it difficult to revive those pharaonic architectural symbols, which symbolize ...
Sara Abdoh
doaj
While my wife and I were on a recent visit to the USSR, we visited with several refusenik families. These people were all members of the Jewish religion and were being helped, in some form or other, by synagogues and/or other Jewish organizations ...
Paul H. Klein, Lloyd Jones
doaj +1 more source

