Lexicographical Neighbors of Almemar
Literary usage of Almemar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"Neh 84 AV, 'the pulpit of wood '), called in more modern times almemar, ...
sv ' almemar ') ; upon it stood or sat in a chair called ' the seat of Moses ..."
2. The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Guide to Its Contents, an Aid to Its Use by Joseph Jacobs (1906)
"Under almemar is given a representation of the chair of Moses in the synagogue
of K'ai-Fung-Foo, China. Its existence, though not under that name, ..."
3. Jewish Life in the East by Sydney Montagu Samuel (1881)
"The Chief Rabbi delivered his sermon in the Judaeo-Spanish jargon from the
almemar,* surrounded by his pupils, amongst whom, for the nonce, I was permitted ..."
4. Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi by Emil Schürer (1907)
"Nach Maimonides sollte diese Tribüne (im Mittelalter mit einem korrumpierten
arabischen Wort almemar genannt) in der Mitte der Synagoge stehen. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"almemar. A reading desk in a synagogue; that from which the law is read to the
congregation. The term, of Arabic origin, is in use in the Jewish worship in ..."
6. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"It is known also by the name " almemar " corrupted from the Arabic " al-minbar,"
pulpit. ..."
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