God's mountain : the Temple Mount in time, place, and memory /

Eliav, Yaron Z.

God's mountain : the Temple Mount in time, place, and memory / Yaron Z. Eliav. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. - xxxv, 353 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-337) and index.

Transmuting realities : from David to Herod, from Micah to Josephus -- Locus memoriae : the Temple Mount and the early followers of Jesus and James -- Delusive landscapes : from Jerusalem to Aelia -- A lively ruin : the Temple Mount in Byzantine Jerusalem -- The new mountain in Christian homiletics -- The Temple Mount, the rabbis, and the poetics of memory -- Afterword: a mount without a temple.

0801882133 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2004030322

GBA588771 bnb

013316099 Uk


Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--History.


Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.


Jerusalem--Antiquities.
Temple Mount (Jerusalem)--History--To 1500.
Temple Mount (Jerusalem)--In rabbinical literature.

DS109.28 / .E45 2005

296 / El42g