Jerusalem: One City, Three FaithsVenerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God, traces the history of how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all laid claim to Jerusalem as their holy place, and how three radically different concepts of holiness have shaped and scarred the city for thousands of years. Armstrong unfolds a complex story of spiritual upheaval and political transformation--from King David's capital to an administrative outpost of the Roman Empire, from the cosmopolitan city sanctified by Christ to the spiritual center conquered and glorified by Muslims, from the gleaming prize of European Crusaders to the bullet-ridden symbol of the present-day Arab-Israeli conflict. Written with grace and clarity, the product of years of meticulous research, Jerusalem combines the pageant of history with the profundity of searching spiritual analysis. Like Karen Armstrong's A History of God, Jerusalem is a book for the ages. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. |
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... Mount of Olives , or the Via Dolorosa . Now that I was going about my daily business among these very sites , I discovered that the real city was a far more tumultuous and confusing place . I had , for example , to take in the fact that ...
... Mount of Olives , or the Via Dolorosa . Now that I was going about my daily business among these very sites , I discovered that the real city was a far more tumultuous and confusing place . I had , for example , to take in the fact that ...
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... MOUNT OF OLIVES countryside . Cities , such as Hebron and Jerusalem , also developed in the southern hills . This is the point when Jerusalem can be said to have entered history . In 1961 the British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon ...
... MOUNT OF OLIVES countryside . Cities , such as Hebron and Jerusalem , also developed in the southern hills . This is the point when Jerusalem can be said to have entered history . In 1961 the British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon ...
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Contents
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CITY OF JUDAH | 56 |
EXILE AND RETURN | 79 |
ANTIOCH IN JUDAEA | 103 |
DESTRUCTION | 125 |
AELIA CAPITOLINA | 153 |
CRUSADE | 271 |
JIHAD | 295 |
OTTOMAN CITY | 323 |
REVIVAL | 347 |
ISRAEL | 371 |
ZION? | 398 |
Notes | 431 |
Bibliography | 446 |
THE NEW JERUSALEM | 174 |
CHRISTIAN HOLY CITY | 194 |
BAYT ALMAQDIS | 217 |
ALQUDS | 245 |
Index | 458 |
Readers Guide | 475 |
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