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)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.9442 22 G568j
LOC classification:
  • DS 109.15 .G66 2008
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 956.9442 G568j (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS001283049

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.