The Crescent on the Temple - The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary

"The Crescent on the Temple" elucidates how the Dome of the Rock came to stand for the Temple of Solomon in Christian, Muslim, and Jewish art. That "Temple," represented as the Muslim shrine, is often surmounted by a crescent.

About the author

Pamela Berger, Ph.D. (1974), Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, is a Professor of Art History and Film at Boston College. Her articles and books, including The Goddess Obscured (Beacon Press, 1984), focus on iconographic interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Berger
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9789004203006
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20300-6
• No. of pages: 394
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Studies in Religion and the Ar
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism