Saving the Holy Sepulchre : how rival Christians came together to rescue their holiest shrine / Raymond Cohen.

Main entry:

Cohen, Raymond, 1947-

Title & Author:

Saving the Holy Sepulchre : how rival Christians came together to rescue their holiest shrine / Raymond Cohen.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Description:

xiv, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index.
The earthquake -- Mr. Cust's immobile machine -- Ready to fall -- William Harvey's temporary repairs -- Monsignor Testa's temple -- The fire -- Hassan Bey takes charge -- Terrors in the way -- A patriarch open to reason -- Kiss of peace -- Three wise men -- The keys -- To the rotunda -- At last, light -- Trouvelot's choice.

Summary:

"In Saving the Holy Sepulchre, Raymond Cohen tells the story of how three major Christian traditions - Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Orthodox - each with jealously guarded claims to the church, struggled to restore one of the great shrines of civilization. It almost didn't happen. For centuries the communities had lived together in an atmosphere of tension and mistrust based on differences of theology, language, and culture - differences so sharp that fistfights were not uncommon. And the project of restoration became embroiled in interchurch disputes and great power politics. Cohen shows how the repair of the dilapidated basilica was the result of unprecedented cooperation among the three churches. It was tortuous at times - one French monk involved in the restoration exclaimed: "I can't take any more of it. Latins - Armenians - Greeks - it is too much. I am bent over double." But thanks to the dedicated efforts of a cast of kings, popes, patriarchs, governors, monks, and architects, the deadlock was eventually broken on the eve of Pope Paul VI's historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1964"--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780195189667 (alk. paper)
0195189663 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem, Israel)
Church buildings Jerusalem.
Christians Jerusalem.
Christian shrines Jerusalem.
Chrétiens Jérusalem.
Sanctuaires chrétiens Jérusalem.
Antiquities
Buildings
Christian shrines
Christians
Church buildings
Ethnic relations
Church buildings Israel Jerusalem
Christians Israel Jerusalem
Christian shrines Israel Jerusalem
Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc.
Jerusalem Antiquities.
Jerusalem Ethnic relations.
Jérusalem Antiquités.
Middle East Jerusalem
Jerusalem (Israel) Buildings, structures, etc.
Jerusalem (Israel) Antiquities
Jerusalem (Israel) Ethnic relations

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Location: Library main 256413
Call No.: BIB 186778
Status: Available

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