A History Of Jerusalem

Author : Katell Berthelot,Julien Loiseau,Yann Potin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520299900

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Jerusalem by Katell Berthelot,Julien Loiseau,Yann Potin Pdf

Introduction : spirits of places, fractures in time : toward a new history of Jerusalem -- The birth of a Holy City : 4000 BCE to second century CE -- Roman pantheon, Christian reliquary, and Jewish traditions : second to seventh centuries -- In the empire of the Caliphs : seventh to eleventh centuries -- Jerusalem, capital of the Frankish kingdom : 1099-1187 -- From Saladin to Süleyman : the Islamization of the Holy City, 1187-1566 -- The peace of the Ottomans : sixteenth to nineteenth centuries -- The impossible capital? : Jerusalem in the twentieth century -- Conclusion : the memory of the dead, the history of the living.

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307798596

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Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong Pdf

Venerated 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.

Author : Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307280503

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Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore Pdf

The epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, from the bestselling author of The Romanovs • "Impossible to put down…. Vastly enjoyable." —The New York Times Book Review How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the “center of the world” and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalem’s biography is told through the wars, love affairs, and revelations of the men and women who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. As well as the many ordinary Jerusalemites who have left their mark on the city, its cast varies from Solomon, Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent to Cleopatra, Caligula and Churchill; from Abraham to Jesus and Muhammad; from the ancient world of Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser, Disraeli, Mark Twain, Lincoln, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia and Moshe Dayan. In this masterful narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore brings the holy city to life and draws on the latest scholarship, his own family history, and a lifetime of study to show that the story of Jerusalem is truly the story of the world.

Author : Andrew Lawler
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593311769

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Under Jerusalem by Andrew Lawler Pdf

A spellbinding history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval “A sweeping tale of archaeological exploits and their cultural and political consequences told with a historian’s penchant for detail and a journalist’s flair for narration.” —Washington Post In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past. In the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers and missionaries, archaeologists and zealots, all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city’s streets and shrines. Their efforts have had profound effects, not only on our understanding of Jerusalem’s history, but on its hotly disputed present. The quest to retrieve ancient Jewish heritage has sparked bloody riots and thwarted international peace agreements. It has served as a cudgel, a way to stake a claim to the most contested city on the planet. Today, the earth below Jerusalem remains a battleground in the struggle to control the city above. Under Jerusalem takes readers into the tombs, tunnels, and trenches of the Holy City. It brings to life the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist.

Author : Angelos Dalachanis,Vincent Lemire
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004375741

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Ordinary Jerusalem, 1840-1940 by Angelos Dalachanis,Vincent Lemire Pdf

In Ordinary Jerusalem, Angelos Dalachanis, Vincent Lemire and thirty-five scholars depict the ordinary history of an extraordinary global city in the late Ottoman and Mandate periods. Utilizing largely unknown archives, they revisit the holy city of three religions, which has often been defined solely as an eternal battlefield and studied exclusively through the prism of geopolitics and religion. At the core of their analysis are topics and issues developed by the European Research Council-funded project “Opening Jerusalem Archives: For a Connected History of Citadinité in the Holy City, 1840–1940.” Drawn from the French vocabulary of geography and urban sociology, the concept of citadinité describes the dynamic identity relationship a city’s inhabitants develop with each other and with their urban environment.

Author : Joshua Prawer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:470162182

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The History of Jerusalem : the Early Muslim Period (638-1099). by Joshua Prawer Pdf

Author : Hannah Adams
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781429019781

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History of the Jews by Hannah Adams Pdf

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

Author : Albert (of Aachen)
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1409466531

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Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem by Albert (of Aachen) Pdf

Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the first generation of Latin settlers in the Levant (1099-1119). Volume 2, The Early History of the Latin States, provides a surprising level of detail about the reign of King Baldwin I (1100-1118), especially its earlier years and the crusading expeditions of 1101. Where it can be tested against other narratives, including Arabic and Greek sources, it proves to be worthy of both trust and respect. Susan B. Edgington's English translation has been widely praised, following its first publication in the Oxford Medieval Texts series, and is here presented with a new introduction and updated notes and bibliography.

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674034686

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Jerusalem by Simon Goldhill Pdf

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.

Author : James Carroll
Publisher : HMH
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780547549057

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Jerusalem, Jerusalem by James Carroll Pdf

A “masterful” history of the city and its holy wars past and present, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Constantine’s Sword (The Boston Globe). How did this ancient Middle Eastern city become a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervor unlike anywhere else on earth? Jerusalem, Jerusalem journeys through centuries of conflict among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, right up to the present-day Israeli-Palestinian struggle—with fascinating examinations of how the idea of the holy city has shaped not just the region’s history but the world’s.

Author : Boaz Yakin
Publisher : First Second
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781466838659

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Jerusalem by Boaz Yakin Pdf

Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic graphic novel that follows a single family—three generations and fifteen very different people—as they are swept up in chaos, war, and nation-making from 1940-1948. Faith, family, and politics are the heady mix that fuel this ambitious, cinematic graphic novel. With Jerusalem, author-filmmaker Boaz Yakin turns his finely-honed storytelling skills to a topic near to his heart: Yakin's family lived in Palestine during this period and was caught up in the turmoil of war just as his characters are. This is a personal work, but it is not a book with a political ax to grind. Rather, this comic seeks to tell the stories of a huge cast of memorable characters as they wrestle with a time when nothing was clear and no path was smooth.

Author : Alan V. Murray
Publisher : Occasional Publications UPR
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9781900934039

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The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem by Alan V. Murray Pdf

Author : Charles Savona-Ventura
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1629485632

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The History of the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem by Charles Savona-Ventura Pdf

The Order of Saint Lazarus is a lesser known Crusader Order that saw its development in the wake of the First Crusade in the 12th century together with the more popularly known Crusader Orders - the Order of Saint John and the Order of the Temple. Its original brief in the Kingdom of Jerusalem was to succour the victims of leprosy but eventually assumed a military role. Supported by various European Royal houses, the Order expanded its range of influence to Europe. By reviewing the history using primary sources, whenever possible, one would hope that the reader would be able to identify fact from fiction throughout the historical timeline.

Author : John Gray
Publisher : Robert Hale
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Jerusalem
ISBN : 0709103646

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A History of Jerusalem by John Gray Pdf

Author : Matthew Teller
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782839040

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Nine Quarters of Jerusalem by Matthew Teller Pdf

'Original and illuminating ... what a good book this is' Jonathan Dimbleby 'A love letter to the people of the Old City' Jerusalem Post In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old City into four quarters, yet that division doesn't reflect the reality of mixed and diverse neighbourhoods. Beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, much of the Old City remains little known to visitors, its people overlooked and their stories untold. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging through ancient past and political present, it evokes the city's depth and cultural diversity. Matthew Teller's highly original 'biography' features the Old City's Palestinian and Jewish communities, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures, its downtrodden Dom Gypsy families and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem's holiness and the ideas - often startlingly secular - that have shaped lives within its walls. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem is an evocation of place through story, led by the voices of Jerusalemites.