| Editor & Curator |
Joan Goodnick Westenholz. |
| Co-curators |
Noga Ayali, Filip Vukosavović. |
| Imprint |
Jerusalem, Israel, 2004. 74 pp., 16 pp.*, illustrations: 8 col., 97 b&w, 27 × 21 cm. Hebrew and English. |
| ISBN |
9657027144 |
| Location |
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem (8 December 2004–1 May 2005) |
| Description |
Clay lamps discussed according to both type and imagery. In-depth essay “The Lamp—Its Use and Significance in Jewish Tradition” (Amit Assis), including discussion of Shabbat, Havdalah, Hanukkah and the Tabernacle/Temple Menorah. Lamps divided according to their decoration, with explanatory texts relating to symbolic images (the Temple, the Menorah, the Cross, the Heavens) and other decorative motifs. Descriptive entries. 92 items. |
| main keywords |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDSERETZ ISRAELLAMPSMENORAH AS SYMBOLOIL LAMPS, ANCIENT |
| minor keywords |
HanukkahHavdalahMenorah (Temple implement)Samaritans, oil lampsShabbatTemple of Jerusalem in art/architecture |