Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Berger, Alan L.
Abstract
This dissertation sketched key structural-functional design characteristics of the Temple in Jerusalem as they emerge from archeological finds, academic scholarship, and rabbinic literary and legal traditions. It illustrated numerous embodied and functional parallels, with detailed descriptions of two successful American Synagogues drawing on the documents of social history, one built and led by the leadership of a lay community and the other dominated by a renowned Rabbi. Both synagogues seem to have inherited, continued, and celebrated venerable purposes that the rise of synagogues once took over from the ideals of the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem. Synagogues become successful institutions when they serve their communities, meeting self-perceived as well as pressing needs, through a willingness to accomplish multiple and diverse purposes.
Extent
308 p.
Recommended Citation
Brander, Kenneth, "The Temple in Jerusalem Idealized and the Historic- Synagogue-Institution: A Study in Synagogue Purposes in an American Context" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1596.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1596
Identifier
FA00004677
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.