Editing Synagogue architecture (section)

===Egyptian Revival===
[[File:Hobart_Synagogue.jpg|thumb|Egyptian door, [[Hobart Synagogue]]]]

[[Egyptian Revival architecture|Egyptian Revival]] synagogues were popular in the early nineteenth century. [[Rachel Wischnitzer]] argues that they were part of the fashion for Egyptian style inspired by the [[Napoleonic Wars]].<ref>Rachel Wischnitzer, ''Architecture of the European Synagogue'', Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1964</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2017}} According to [[Carol Herselle Krinsky]], they were meant as imitations of [[Solomon's Temple]] and intended by architects and governments to insult Jews by portraying Judaism as a foreign faith.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krinsky |first1=Carol Herselle |title=Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-29078-2 |pages=71, 73, 77, 314 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Synagogues_of_Europe/uv1c0gkDgLsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=synagogues+of+europe&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> According to [[Diana Muir Appelbaum]], they were expressions of Jewish identity intended to advertise Jewish origins in [[ancient Israel]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Appelbaum |first1=Diana Muir |title=Jewish Identity and Egyptian Revival Architecture |journal=Journal of Jewish Identities |date=July 2012 |volume=5 |issue=2 |page=1 |doi=10.1353/jji.2012.0020}}</ref>