Main entry:

Wilkinson, John, 1929-2018.

Title & Author:

From synagogue to church : the traditional design : its beginning, its definition, its end / John Wilkinson.

Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.

Description:

xv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Shape of the Question -- 2. The Philosophy -- 3. God-Given Buildings -- 4. Synagogues and their Liturgy -- 5. Heaven and Earth -- 6. Synagogue Proportions -- 7. The Mosaic Floors of Synagogues -- 8. Christian Dedication Services -- 9. The First Part of the Eucharist -- 10. The Second Part of the Eucharist -- 11. The End of the Tradition.

Summary:

"The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designer's procedure was confidential and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers for they linked heaven and earth. Scripture described both the Jewish Tabernacle and Temple with a wealth of numbers. Proportions based on these numbers were used to design synagogues. The synagogue was seen as facing heaven and in church buildings Christian repeated the same proportions. This was a joint tradition among Jews and Christians. It was easy to design was carried out secretly and accurately, and - without a computer - was extremely hard to unravel. This book for the first time, does just that."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0700713204
9780700713202
0415592658
9780415592659

Subject:

Synagogue architecture.
Church architecture.
Synagogues Design and construction.
Church buildings Design and construction.
Religious facilities Design and construction.
Synagogue architecture Design and construction.
Architecture synagogale.
Architecture chrétienne.
churches (buildings)
Synagogen.
Kerkgebouwen.
Plattegronden.
Liturgy and architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222746
Call No.: NA4690 .W5 2002
Status: Available