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The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel
Steven Fine
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Description for The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel
Hardback. Steven Fine explores the cultural and intellectual history of the Western world's oldest continuously used religious symbol. This meticulously researched yet deeply personal history explains how the seven-branched menorah illuminates the great changes and continuities in Jewish culture, from biblical times to modern Israel. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
The menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum, has traversed millennia as a living symbol of Judaism and the Jewish people. Naturally, it did not pass through the ages unaltered. The Menorah explores the cultural and intellectual history of the Western world's oldest continuously used religious symbol. This meticulously researched yet deeply personal history explains how the menorah illuminates the great changes and continuities in Jewish culture, from biblical times to modern Israel. Though the golden seven-branched menorahs of Moses and of the Jerusalem Temple are artifacts lost to history, the best-known menorah image survives on the Arch of Titus ... Read more
The menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum, has traversed millennia as a living symbol of Judaism and the Jewish people. Naturally, it did not pass through the ages unaltered. The Menorah explores the cultural and intellectual history of the Western world's oldest continuously used religious symbol. This meticulously researched yet deeply personal history explains how the menorah illuminates the great changes and continuities in Jewish culture, from biblical times to modern Israel. Though the golden seven-branched menorahs of Moses and of the Jerusalem Temple are artifacts lost to history, the best-known menorah image survives on the Arch of Titus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674088795
SKU
V9780674088795
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About Steven Fine
Steven Fine is the Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University.
Reviews for The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel
[Fine's] absorbing [book] traces the history and symbolism of an object which has served as an emblem of Judaism far longer than the Magen David... An illuminating read.
Simon Rocker Jewish Chronicle (01/06/2017) Magisterial...Fine displays a savvy approach to his study of the menorah.
Jonathan Kirsch Jewish Journal (12/07/2016) Fine meticulously documents how this well-known, still-extant artifact became a familiar ... Read more
Simon Rocker Jewish Chronicle (01/06/2017) Magisterial...Fine displays a savvy approach to his study of the menorah.
Jonathan Kirsch Jewish Journal (12/07/2016) Fine meticulously documents how this well-known, still-extant artifact became a familiar ... Read more