Beauty in holiness
Subtitle: studies in Jewish customs and ceremonial art.
Publisher: Ktav Pub. House
Published: 1970
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism.; Judaism -- Customs and practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: The Second commandment and the image in Judaism, by J. Gutmann.; title: Notes to a history of the Jewish guilds, by M. Wischnitzer.; title: Jewish artisans and guilds in former Poland, 16th-18 centuries, by M. Kremer.; title: The ritual silver made by Myer Myers, by G. Schoenberger.; title: Contemporary ritual art, by A. Werner.; title: The origin of European Torah decorations, by F. Landsberger.; title: A German Torah ornamentation, by F. Landsberger.; title: Priestly vestments, Torah ornaments, and the King James Bible, by J. Gutmann.; title: Old time Torah-curtains, by F. Landsberger.; title: The origin of ritual implements for the Sabbath, by F. Landsberger.; title: The origin and development of two Sabbath ceremonies, by J.Z. Lauterbach.; title: The customs of looking at the fingernails at the outgoing of the Sabbath, by S.B. Finesinger.; title: Old Hanukkah lamps, by F. Landsberger.; title: Wedding customs and ceremonies in art, by J. Gutmann.; title: The ceremony of breaking a glass at weddings, by J.Z. Lauterbach.; title: Illuminated marriage contracts, by F. Landsberger.; title: How traditional are our traditions? By J. Gutmann.; title: The Jewish rite of covering the head, by S. Krauss.; title: The origin of the decorated Mezuzah, by F. Landsberger.; title: Ceremonial creativity among the Ashkenazim. Home rituals and the Spanish synagogue. By S.B. Freehof.