Read Jerusalem: City of Longing

Jerusalem: City of Longing

Simon Goldhill

4.9/5 (29242 ratings)

Description:Jerusalem is the site of some of the most 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. Since the nineteenth century, the city has been a premier tourist destination, not least because of the countless religious pilgrims from the three Abrahamic faiths.But Jerusalem is more than a tourist site--it is a city where every square mile is layered with historical significance, religious intensity, and extraordinary stories. It is a city rebuilt by each ruling Empire in its own way: the Jews, the Romans, the Christians, the Muslims, and for the past sixty years, the modern Israelis. What makes Jerusalem so unique is the heady mix, in one place, of centuries of passion and scandal, kingdom-threatening wars and petty squabbles, architectural magnificence and bizarre relics, spiritual longing and political cruelty. It is a history marked by three great forces: religion, war, and monumentality.In this book, Simon Goldhill takes on this peculiar archaeology of human imagination, hope, and disaster to provide a tour through the history of this most image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre. Along the way, we discover through layers of buried and exposed memories--the long history, the forgotten stories, and the lesser-known aspects of contemporary politics that continue to make Jerusalem one of the most embattled cities in the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jerusalem: City of Longing. To get started finding Jerusalem: City of Longing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 067402866X

Description: Jerusalem is the site of some of the most 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. Since the nineteenth century, the city has been a premier tourist destination, not least because of the countless religious pilgrims from the three Abrahamic faiths.But Jerusalem is more than a tourist site--it is a city where every square mile is layered with historical significance, religious intensity, and extraordinary stories. It is a city rebuilt by each ruling Empire in its own way: the Jews, the Romans, the Christians, the Muslims, and for the past sixty years, the modern Israelis. What makes Jerusalem so unique is the heady mix, in one place, of centuries of passion and scandal, kingdom-threatening wars and petty squabbles, architectural magnificence and bizarre relics, spiritual longing and political cruelty. It is a history marked by three great forces: religion, war, and monumentality.In this book, Simon Goldhill takes on this peculiar archaeology of human imagination, hope, and disaster to provide a tour through the history of this most image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre. Along the way, we discover through layers of buried and exposed memories--the long history, the forgotten stories, and the lesser-known aspects of contemporary politics that continue to make Jerusalem one of the most embattled cities in the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jerusalem: City of Longing. To get started finding Jerusalem: City of Longing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Jerusalem: City of Longing

Jerusalem: City of Longing

More Books

Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives

Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives

Rare Antique WONDERS OF THE WORLD Goldhil FOLIO SOCIETY Culture ART Illustrated WORLD HISTORY [Hardcover] Simon Goldhill

Rare Antique WONDERS OF THE WORLD Goldhil FOLIO SOCIETY Culture ART Illustrated WORLD HISTORY [Hardcover] Simon Goldhill

A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain

A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain

Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)

Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)

Reading Greek Tragedy

Reading Greek Tragedy

Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History

Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History

How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today

How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today

[ [ [ Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition[ SOPHOCLES AND THE GREEK TRAGIC TRADITION ] By Goldhill, Simon ( Author )Mar-01-2009 Hardcover

[ [ [ Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition[ SOPHOCLES AND THE GREEK TRAGIC TRADITION ] By Goldhill, Simon ( Author )Mar-01-2009 Hardcover

Aeschylus: The Oresteia (A Student Guide: Landmarks of World Literature)

Aeschylus: The Oresteia (A Student Guide: Landmarks of World Literature)