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==Biography== |
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Conrad Schick was born in [[Bitz]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. At the age of 24, after completing his studies in Basel, he settled in [[Palestine]]. <ref>[http://conradschick.wordpress.com/om/ Remembering Conrad Schick]</ref>He helped to found and design [[Mea Shearim]], one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem to be built outside the walls of the [[Old City]]. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]], publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. <ref>Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101 |
Conrad Schick was born in [[Bitz]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. At the age of 24, after completing his studies in Basel, he settled in [[Palestine]]. <ref>[http://conradschick.wordpress.com/om/ Remembering Conrad Schick]</ref>He helped to found and design [[Mea Shearim]], one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem to be built outside the walls of the [[Old City]]. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]], publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. <ref>Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101</ref> |
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The house that Schick designed and constructed for his family, [[Tabor House (Jerusalem)|Tabor House]], or ''Beit Tabor,'' on Jerusalem's Hanevi'im Street, is still standing.<ref> [http://www.jposttravel.com/jerusalem_tours/RehovHaneviim1008.html Rehov Hanevi'im - Around the houses, [[Jerusalem Post]]]</ref>The name of the house is based on a verse from [[Psalms]] (89:12): "The north and the south, Thou has created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name." The facade is decorated with carvings of palm leaves and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, symbolizing the beginning and the end. <ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerott.html Jerusalem architecture]</ref> |
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The house was bought in 1951 by Swedish Protestants, and now houses Swedish Theological Seminary for religious instruction and [[Land of Israel]] studies.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerott.html Jerusalem architecture]</ref> |
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==Biblical models== |
==Biblical models== |
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Revision as of 13:37, 11 June 2009
Conrad Schick (1822-1901) was a German architect, archaeologist and Protestant missionary who settled in Jerusalem in the late nineteenth century. [1]
Biography
Conrad Schick was born in Bitz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At the age of 24, after completing his studies in Basel, he settled in Palestine. [2]He helped to found and design Mea Shearim, one of the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem to be built outside the walls of the Old City. Schick is chiefly remembered for his fifty years of archaeological investigations of Jerusalem and its surroundings. He worked for many years for the Palestine Exploration Fund, publishing frequently in the Fund's journal. [3]
The house that Schick designed and constructed for his family, Tabor House, or Beit Tabor, on Jerusalem's Hanevi'im Street, is still standing.[4]The name of the house is based on a verse from Psalms (89:12): "The north and the south, Thou has created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name." The facade is decorated with carvings of palm leaves and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, symbolizing the beginning and the end. [5]
When Schick died in Jerusalem in 1901, he was mourned by Jews, Moslems and Christians alike. He is buried in the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion.[6]
The house was bought in 1951 by Swedish Protestants, and now houses Swedish Theological Seminary for religious instruction and Land of Israel studies.[7]
Biblical models
Schick constructed a notable series of Replicas of the Jewish Temple. His replica of the biblical Tabernacle was visited in Jerusalem by several crowned heads of state, toured the United Kingdom, and was exhibited at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. It was purchased by the King of Wurttemberg, who awarded Schick a knighthood in recognition of his work. Schick built a replica of the contemporary Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock for the Ottoman Sultan. His final model, in four sections, each representing the Temple Mount as it appeared in a particular era, was exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.[8]
References
- ^ British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine By Yaron Perry, Routledge, 2003, p. 110
- ^ Remembering Conrad Schick
- ^ Measuring Jerusalem: the Palestine Exploration Fund and British interests in the Holy Land, John James Moscrop, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000, p. 101
- ^ Rehov Hanevi'im - Around the houses, Jerusalem Post
- ^ Jerusalem architecture
- ^ British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine, Yaron Perry, Routledge, 2003, p. 110
- ^ Jerusalem architecture
- ^ Simon Goldhill, The Temple of Jerusalem, Harvard University Press, 129