Architectorah - Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion

ArchitecTorah is a collection of 178 short essays that investigate the Torah through the lens of architecture. Each essay briefly introduces a piece of architectural theory, a building, or a section of building code and then reexamines a well-known topic in the Torah to uncover new and insightful interpretations.

About the author

Joshua Skarf is a licensed architect living and working in Jerusalem. He studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and has degrees in architecture from the University of Michigan and Bezalel Academy. He has designed hospitals, train stations, shopping malls, Israeli consulates, army installations, elementary schools, museums, and research facilities in Israel. Skarf was born in Toronto, grew up in Michigan, and has been living in Israel since 2004.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Skarf
• Publisher: Urim Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9789655243680
• ISBN: 978-965-524-368-0
• No. of pages: 598
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 236 mm x 56 mm
• Weight: 1111 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity