Author: STIEFEL, BARRY L.; RITTENBERG, DAVID; GRUBER, SAMUEL D.
Title: Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World - a Social and Architectural History
Description: Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1611173205. "A unique blend of cultural and architectural history that examines Jewish heritage as it expanded among the continents and islands linked by the Atlantic Ocean between the mid fifteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A powerful synthesis of material culture research and traditional historical research is achieved in this examination of the early modern Jewish diaspora in the New World. Examines forty-six synagogues built in Europe, South America, the Caribbean Islands, colonial and antebellum North America, and Gibraltar to discover what liturgies, construction methods, and architectural styles were transported from the Old World to the New World." - dust jacket. xviii, 362 pages. Glossary, extensive footnotes and index. Black and white illustrations. Remainder dot to bottom edge otherwise very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality example.; Sm 4to. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 1611173205 Sephardim Jews Ethnic Relations Architecture Judaica