Resplendent Synagogue: Architecture and Worship in an Eighteenth-Century Polish Community

by Thomas C. Hubka

Book Overview

This unique exploration of a lost religious and cultural artifact breathes new life into a forgotten but fascinating aspect of eighteenth-century Polish Jewry.

Thomas C. Hubka, an architectural historian, immersed himself in medieval and early modern Jewish history, religion, and culture to prepare for this remarkable study of the eighteenth-century Polish synagogue in the town of Gwozdziec, now in present-day Ukraine. Because the Gwozdziec...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684581338
• ISBN13: 9781684581337
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.9"