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Jerusalem : city of longing / Simon Goldhill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: ix, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 067402866X (alk. paper)
  • 9780674028661 (alk. paper)
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Contents:
The center of the Christian world -- The center of Jewish Jerusalem -- The center of Muslim Jerusalem -- The old city -- The oldest city -- The Victorian city -- The modern city.
Summary: Jerusalem is the site of some famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. This work takes you on a tour through the history of this image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Goldhill takes on the archaeology of human imagination, hope, and disaster to provide a tour through the history of this image filled, ideology laden city. Along the way we discover the forgotten stories and the lesser known aspects of politics that continue to make Jerusalem one of the most embattled cities in the world.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-340) and index.

The center of the Christian world -- The center of Jewish Jerusalem -- The center of Muslim Jerusalem -- The old city -- The oldest city -- The Victorian city -- The modern city.

Jerusalem is the site of some famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. This work takes you on a tour through the history of this image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre.

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