The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary by Berger, Pamela

The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004203006)

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Format: Hardcover
$217.00
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The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary by Berger, Pamela

The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

$217.00
The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary by Berger, Pamela

The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

$217.00
Format: Hardcover
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"The Crescent on the Temple" elucidates how the Dome of the Rock came to stand for the Temple of Solomon in Christian, Muslim, and Jewish art. That "Temple," represented as the Muslim shrine, is often surmounted by a crescent.

Author: Pamela Berger
ISBN-10: 9004203001
ISBN-13: 9789004203006
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2012
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.00d
By Pamela Berger
By Pamela Berger
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Pamela Berger, Ph.D. (1974), Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, is a Professor of Art History and Film at Boston College. Her articles and books, including The Goddess Obscured (Beacon Press, 1984), focus on iconographic interpretation.

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