Beauty in holiness : studies in Jewish customs and ceremonial art

Weitere Verfasser: Gutmann, Joseph 1923-2004
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: [New York] : Ktav Pub. House, [1970].
Umfang/Format: xxvi, 513 p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The Second commandment and the image in Judaism, by J. Gutmann.
  • Notes to a history of the Jewish guilds, by M. Wischnitzer.
  • Jewish artisans and guilds in former Poland, 16th-18 centuries, by M. Kremer.
  • The ritual silver made by Myer Myers, by G. Schoenberger.
  • Contemporary ritual art, by A. Werner.
  • The origin of European Torah decorations, by F. Landsberger.
  • A German Torah ornamentation, by F. Landsberger.
  • Priestly vestments, Torah ornaments, and the King James Bible, by J. Gutmann.
  • Old time Torah-curtains, by F. Landsberger.
  • The origin of ritual implements for the Sabbath, by F. Landsberger.
  • The origin and development of two Sabbath ceremonies, by J.Z. Lauterbach.
  • The customs of looking at the fingernails at the outgoing of the Sabbath, by S.B. Finesinger.
  • Old Hanukkah lamps, by F. Landsberger.
  • Wedding customs and ceremonies in art, by J. Gutmann.
  • The ceremony of breaking a glass at weddings, by J.Z. Lauterbach.
  • Illuminated marriage contracts, by F. Landsberger.
  • How traditional are our traditions? By J. Gutmann.
  • The Jewish rite of covering the head, by S. Krauss.
  • The origin of the decorated Mezuzah, by F. Landsberger.
  • Ceremonial creativity among the Ashkenazim. Home rituals and the Spanish synagogue. By S.B. Freehof.