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Goldhill, Simon.

Jerusalem : city of longing / Simon Goldhill. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008. - ix, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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.

ISBN: 067402866X (alk. paper) 9780674028661 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007050309

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA848096 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014566956 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture--Jerusalem.
Christian shrines--Jerusalem.
Islamic shrines--Jerusalem.
Jewish shrines--Jerusalem.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.
Jerusalem--Description and travel.
Jerusalem--Ethnic relations.
Jerusalem--Religion.

LC Class. No.: DS 109.15 / .G66 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 956.9442 / G568j