Title & Author:

City of the great king : Jerusalem from David to the present / edited by Nitza Rosovsky.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.

Description:

xiii, 562 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-462).
The inhabitants of Jerusalem / Magen Broshi -- The holy places / F.E. Peters -- Jerusalem in Jewish spirituality / Joseph Dan -- The Holy City in Christian thought / Paula Fredriksen -- The spiritual meaning of Jerusalem in Islam / Angelika Neuwirth -- Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land / Robert L. Wilken -- Jewish pilgrimage after the destruction of the second Temple / Mark Friedman -- Jerusalem and Zionism / Arthur Hertzberg -- Palestinian images of Jerusalem / Muhammad Muslih -- Jerusalem in medieval Islamic literature / Jonathan M. Bloom -- Nineteenth-century portraits through Western eyes / Nitza Rosovsky -- Depictions in modern Hebrew literature / Dan Miron -- Geography and geometry of Jerusalem / Bianca Kühnel -- Jerusalem elsewhere / Oleg Grabar -- The city in Jewish folk art / Nitza Rosovsky -- The image of the Holy City in maps and mapping / Milka Levy-Rubin and Rehav Rubin -- Two Islamic construction plans for al-Haram al-Sharif / Sabri Jarrar -- Architecture of the city outside the walls / Ziva Sternhell.

Summary:

A portrait of the city of Jerusalem, discussing its history, people, politics, architectural features, and how it came to be the holy city of three religions; and looking at its depictions in art and literature.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0674131908 (alk. paper)
9780674131903 (alk. paper)
9780023736537
0023736534

Subject:

11.09 systematic religious studies: other.
74.21 geography of Asia.
Jerusalem in Christianity.
Jerusalem in Islam.
Jerusalem in Judaism.
Travel.
Geschichte
Heilige plaatsen.
Jodendom.
Christendom.
Islam.
Jerusalem History.
Jerusalem Description and travel.
Jerusalem In Judaism.
Jerusalem In Christianity.
Jerusalem In Islam.
Jérusalem Histoire.
Jérusalem Descriptions et voyages.
Jérusalem Dans le judaïsme.
Jérusalem Dans le christianisme.
Jérusalem Dans l'islam.
Jerusalema historia.
Middle East Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (Israel) History.
Jerusalem (Israel) In art.
Jerusalem (Israel) In Christianity.
Jerusalem (Israel) In Islam.
Jerusalem (Israel) In Judaism.

Form/genre:

Kongress Asjut 1996.
History.

Added entries:

Rosovsky, Nitza.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109158
Call No.: ID DS109.9.C5; ID:96-B1441
Status: Available