Efrat Carmon.

Lihi Habas, Yael Israeli, Daphna Lapidot, David Mevorah, Rachel Sarfaty, Judith Spitzer.

Jerusalem, Israel, 1998. Hebrew edition: 192 pp., illustrations: 122 col., 156 b&w, 30 × 23 cm; English edition: 212 pp.

9652782173 (Hebrew edition); 965278237 (English edition)

Israel Museum (30 April–9 September 1998)

The history of the Menorah as a multi-faceted, ever-evolving Jewish symbol, both in sacred and secular/pop culture. 18 essays recall the Menorah’s original form and its peregrinations as a symbol of messianic redemption, a representation of the Temple (in both Christian and Jewish art), a powerful amuletic device, and a popular national and Zionist emblem. Contributions by Daniel Sperber, Bezalel Narkiss, Rachel Sarfaty, Lee I. Levine, Elisheva Revel-Neher, Iris Fishof, Moshe Idel, et al. No itemized listing.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
MENORAH AS SYMBOL
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Aleph-Bet books/sheets
Amulets
Book illustration
Bread stamps
Christian illuminated manuscripts
Coins
Drawings/Sketches
Eretz Israel
Gold glass
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, 10th–12th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bibles
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, France, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Spain, 15th C
Jewish artists
Keter Torah
Menorah
Messiah/Messianism
Micrography
Oil lamps, ancient
Papercuts
Playing cards
Postcards
Posters
Rimmonim
Shiviti plaques, paper
Sukkah decorations
Synagogues, mosaic floors
Tass
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Torah Arks
Wedding breads/pastries
Yahrzeit/Memorial lamps