Lipis, Mimi Levy. <br/><br/>
Symbolic houses in Judaism :  how objects and metaphors construct hybrid places of belonging / 
 How objects and metaphors construct hybrid places of belonging 
Mimi Levy Lipis. 
 - Farnham, Surrey, England ;  Burlington, VT :  Ashgate,  2011. 
 - xvi, 246 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. +  hbk. 
 - Ashgate studies in architecture series .
 - Ashgate studies in architecture series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-237) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Situating the house. Architectural foundations -- influences from gender studies -- Strategies of analysis -- The ritual houses. The iconography of the house in ritual objects -- The local -- The land of Israel, Jerusalem, and the temple -- The Hebrew Bible -- God's presence -- Hybrid spaces -- The house as a metaphor. The book as house -- The community as house -- The covenant as house -- Women, building, and God -- Spaces and places in the Sukkah. Approaching the Sukkah -- Textual constructions -- Spatial manifestations -- Of gardens and cities -- Beyond architecture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781409421047  9781409421047  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010034089 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dwellings--Symbolic aspects.<br/>Judaism and architecture.<br/>Jewish art and symbolism--Themes, motives.<br/>Home--Religious aspects--Judaism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.46