Jerusalem Perspectives

Author : Kenneth A. Ristau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Jerusalem
ISBN : 1575064081

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Reconstructing Jerusalem by Kenneth A. Ristau Pdf

Jerusalem--one of the most contested sites in the world. Reconstructing Jerusalem takes readers back to a pivotal moment in its history when it lay ruined and abandoned and the glory of its ancient kings, David and Solomon, had faded. Why did this city not share the same fate as so many other conquered cities, destroyed and forever abandoned, never to be rebuilt? Why did Jerusalem, disgraced and humiliated, not suffer the fate of Babylon, Nineveh, or Persepolis? Reconstructing Jerusalem explores the interrelationship of the physical and intellectual processes leading to Jerusalem's restoration after its destruction in 587 B.C.E., stressing its symbolic importance and the power of the prophetic perspective in the preservation of the Judean nation and the critical transition from Yahwism to Judaism. Through texts and artifacts, including a unique, comprehensive investigation of the archaeological evidence, a startling story emerges: the visions of a small group of prophets not only inspired the rebuilding of a desolate city but also of a dispersed people. Archaeological, historical, and literary analysis converge to reveal the powerful elements of the story, a story of dispersion and destruction but also of re-creation and revitalization, a story about how compelling visions can change the fate of a people and the course of human history, a story of a community reborn to a barren city.

Author : Yael Aronoff,Aleen Bayard,Elan Ezrachi,Jonathan Golden,Naamah Kelman,Menachem Klein,Sharon Rosen,Yehezkel Landau,Laurence Malinger,Ilan Peleg,Martin Raffel,Peretz Rodman,John Rosove,Alice Rothchild,Tamar Verete-Zehavi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732028656

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What Jerusalem Means to Us by Yael Aronoff,Aleen Bayard,Elan Ezrachi,Jonathan Golden,Naamah Kelman,Menachem Klein,Sharon Rosen,Yehezkel Landau,Laurence Malinger,Ilan Peleg,Martin Raffel,Peretz Rodman,John Rosove,Alice Rothchild,Tamar Verete-Zehavi Pdf

Jerusalem is a distinctive city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their adherents. It is equally special for millions of Jews and Arabs worldwide, for Israelis and Palestinians, who revere it and regard it as a precious inheritance from their ancestors, spiritual or physical or both. For the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, the main subject of this volume, Jerusalem stands as the heart of Judaism and Jewish consciousness. Additionally, Jerusalem has ideological and political significance to Jewish Israelis and to Jews worldwide. A symbol of self-determination and national independence, its possession and safety are paramount. This is anchored in the Zionist vision and program to establish for the Jewish people "a publicly and legally assured home in Palestine," especially in Zion or Jerusalem, as was decided at the First Zionist Congress, which met in Basel, Switzerland, in August 1897 and as was expressed in the Balfour Declaration in November 1917. The vision became a reality in May 1948, when the Zionist movement declared the creation of the Jewish state, Israel. It also accounts for Israel's policies and actions, mainly its constant efforts to Judaize Jerusalem and ensure Jewish dominant presence there.What Jerusalem Means to Us: Jewish Perspectives and Reflections addresses the intimate and unique connections among Jews, Judaism, and Jerusalem along a variety of dimensions - religious, spiritual, historical, cultural, political, psychological, and social. These are manifested through the perspectives and reflections of sixteen Jewish leaders representing different backgrounds. The resultant essays present a rich array of personal and professional transformations, extraordinary love and hope for Jerusalem, as well as an honest appraisal of some of the challenges of daily living. What follows provides glimpses or insights from each author's contribution.

Author : Rivka Gonen
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0881257990

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Contested Holiness by Rivka Gonen Pdf

Sovereignty over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of the most difficult problems in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although it is a present-day bone of contention, its roots go back into the distant past. Israelites, Christians, and Muslims had fought over this holy site, and built on it a succession of shrines. The book leads the reader into the intricate history, geography, and politics of this unique site. It relates the roots of its holiness, describes the succession of temples built on it, and explains how in the twentieth century its sanctity became intertwined with the national aspirations of both Jews and Arabs. It explains why the Temple Mount is considered the holiest site for the Jews, and how it became holy also to the Muslims. The book also explores the role of evangelical Christians, who, alongside a segment of the Jewish population, see the Temple Mount as the center of messianic aspirations, fed by the myriad of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legends and myths which evolved around it. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps, and plans.

Author : Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal,Nora Boneh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030343088

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Perspectives on Causation by Elitzur A. Bar-Asher Siegal,Nora Boneh Pdf

This book explores relationships and maps out intersections between discussions on causation in three scientific disciplines: linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. The book is organized in five thematic parts, investigating connections between philosophical and linguistic studies of causation; presenting novel methodologies for studying the representation of causation; tackling central issues in syntactic and semantic representation of causal relations; and introducing recent advances in philosophical thinking on causation. Beyond its thematic organization, readers will find several recurring topics throughout this book, such as the attempt to reduce causality to other non-causal terms; causal pluralism vs. one all-encompassing account for causation; causal relations pertaining to the mental as opposed to the physical realm, and more. This collection also lays the foundation for questioning whether it is possible to evaluate available philosophical approaches to causation against the variety of linguistic phenomena ranging across diverse lexical and grammatical items, such as bound morphemes, prepositions, connectives, and verbs. Above all, it lays the groundwork for considering whether the fruits of the psychological-cognitive study of the perception of causal relations may contribute to linguistic and philosophical studies, and whether insights from linguistics can benefit the other two disciplines.

Author : Saul Bernard Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037180275

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Jerusalem by Saul Bernard Cohen Pdf

Author : The Hitchhiker
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781456635145

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Jerusalem by Perspective by The Hitchhiker Pdf

You can travel to many varied cities though out the world. After a short while you have seen the main sights, visited the nightlife,, met a few natives, and then you may feel you have experienced the city. Jerusalem is different. You strip one layer away. Another layer invites you to delve into it. Then another layer. Going ever more deeply. Never ending. The author has the odds to know this. He has hitchhiked into many cultures on a bunch of continents, taking his time working and being with the people at hand, always with the quiet, humble demeanor and a keen eye to absorb what each culture was really about. With that same humility and eye, the author has attempted to grasp the inside of Jerusalem. From the physical to the emotional to the spiritual, this intimate view shows itself through his concise vignettes, almost like painted pictures. Whether you have never been to Jerusalem, plan to come, or even if you have already toured or lived here, you will gain insights which just might bring about a life changing perspective or two. If you read slowly and add on the process of meditating on what you have just read, you can gain an experiential taste and sense of the sweetness Jerusalem provides in Jerusalem by Perspective, Insights of a Hitchhiker.

Author : Saliba G Sarsar,Carole C Burnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732028621

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What Jerusalem Means to US by Saliba G Sarsar,Carole C Burnett Pdf

A collection of 12 essays where Muslims share their personal perspectives and reflections on Jerusalem.

Author : Peter W. L. Walker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802842879

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Jesus and the Holy City by Peter W. L. Walker Pdf

This book surveys the various landscapes portrayed by the different New Testament authors and draw these together into an overall biblical theology of the ancient city of Jerusalem..

Author : Carol Delaney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439102329

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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem by Carol Delaney Pdf

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HE SET SAIL, the dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Scholar Carol Delaney claims that the true motivation for Columbus’s voyages is very different from what is commonly accepted. She argues that he was inspired to find a western route to the Orient not only to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown but primarily to help fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims—a goal that sustained him until the day he died. Rather than an avaricious glory hunter, Delaney reveals Columbus as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction. Delaney sets the stage by describing the tumultuous events that had beset Europe in the years leading up to Columbus’s birth—the failure of multiple crusades to keep Jerusalem in Christian hands; the devastation of the Black Plague; and the schisms in the Church. Then, just two years after his birth, the sacking of Constantinople by the Ottomans barred Christians from the trade route to the East and the pilgrimage route to Jerusalem. Columbus’s belief that he was destined to play a decisive role in the retaking of Jerusalem was the force that drove him to petition the Spanish monarchy to fund his journey, even in the face of ridicule about his idea of sailing west to reach the East. Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem is based on extensive archival research, trips to Spain and Italy to visit important sites in Columbus’s life story, and a close reading of writings from his day. It recounts the drama of the four voyages, bringing the trials of ocean navigation vividly to life and showing Columbus for the master navigator that he was. Delaney offers not an apologist’s take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy. She depicts him as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and unfolds the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour, culminating in his being brought back to Spain as a prisoner in chains. Putting Columbus back into the context of his times, rather than viewing him through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests, Delaney shows him to have been neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, as he has lately been depicted, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.

Author : Rivka Gonen
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 0881257982

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Contested Holiness by Rivka Gonen Pdf

Sovereignty over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of the most difficult problems in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although it is a present-day bone of contention, its roots go back into the distant past. Israelites, Christians, and Muslims had fought over this holy site, and built on it a succession of shrines. The book leads the reader into the intricate history, geography, and politics of this unique site. It relates the roots of its holiness, describes the succession of temples built on it, and explains how in the twentieth century its sanctity became intertwined with the national aspirations of both Jews and Arabs. It explains why the Temple Mount is considered the holiest site for the Jews, and how it became holy also to the Muslims. The book also explores the role of evangelical Christians, who, alongside a segment of the Jewish population, see the Temple Mount as the center of messianic aspirations, fed by the myriad of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim legends and myths which evolved around it. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, sketches, maps, and plans.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : UVA:X006112425

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Jerusalem Viewpoints by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marcel Poorthuis,Chana Safrai
Publisher : Peeters Pub & Booksellers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9039001510

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The Centrality of Jerusalem by Marcel Poorthuis,Chana Safrai Pdf

(Peeters 1996)

Author : Jack Friedman
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 965229392X

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The Jerusalem Book of Quotations by Jack Friedman Pdf

Perhaps no other city has been spoken of as often or as passionately as Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Book of Quotations brings together the kaleidoscopic impressions and perspectives of a representative group of those who have responded to the wonder of the Holy City from the biblical period to the present: Jews, Christians, and Muslims; pilgrims as well as skeptics, travelers, conquerors, scholars, and statesmen. The work gives expression to the discordant notes of contrasting perspectives about the meaning of Jerusalem. At the same time, it reflects the city s unique distinction as the embodiment of mankind s highest ethical and spiritual aspirations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004437210

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Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci of Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation by Anonim Pdf

Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci of Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation demonstrates the variety in the study of holy places, as well as the flexibility of geographic and historical aspects of holiness.

Author : Kenneth A. Ristau
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575064093

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Reconstructing Jerusalem by Kenneth A. Ristau Pdf

Jerusalem—one of the most contested sites in the world. Reconstructing Jerusalem takes readers back to a pivotal moment in its history when it lay ruined and abandoned and the glory of its ancient kings, David and Solomon, had faded. Why did this city not share the same fate as so many other conquered cities, destroyed and forever abandoned, never to be rebuilt? Why did Jerusalem, disgraced and humiliated, not suffer the fate of Babylon, Nineveh, or Persepolis? Reconstructing Jerusalem explores the interrelationship of the physical and intellectual processes leading to Jerusalem’s restoration after its destruction in 587 B.C.E., stressing its symbolic importance and the power of the prophetic perspective in the preservation of the Judean nation and the critical transition from Yahwism to Judaism. Through texts and artifacts, including a unique, comprehensive investigation of the archaeological evidence, a startling story emerges: the visions of a small group of prophets not only inspired the rebuilding of a desolate city but also of a dispersed people. Archaeological, historical, and literary analysis converge to reveal the powerful elements of the story, a story of dispersion and destruction but also of re-creation and revitalization, a story about how compelling visions can change the fate of a people and the course of human history, a story of a community reborn to a barren city.