Keywords: Kurtze Beschreibung einer wohleingerichteten Synagog.jpg s of Mayer's synagogue and its furnishings were published in 1708 1712 and 1715 The present volume authored by Moritz Wilhelm Christiani a Jewish convert to Christianity describes an elaborate replica of what may have been yet another fully furnished Jewish synagogue this one owned by Georg Serpilius a Christian Hebraist Serpilius studied theology at Leipzig; he was appointed deacon in Dresden and subsequently Superintendent at Regensburg These replicas furnished with a full array of Jewish books and ceremonial objects and accessible to a broad public constituted the world's first Jewish museums Literature Michael Korey The Temple of Solomon and the Jewish Cabinet in the Dresden Zwinger The Search for Their Historic Traces in Fragments of Memory The Temple of Solomon in the Zwinger of Dresden Facets of a Baroque Architectural Model and an Early Jewish Museum M Korey and T Ketelsen eds Munich 2010 Elisheva Carlebach Divided Souls Converts from Judaism in Germany 1500-1750 New Haven 2001 Provenance Hamburg Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek-deaccesioned 1723 http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/important-judaica-n08691/lot 163 html Sotheby's Moritz Wilhelm Christiani other versions PD-Art Synagogues in Germany |