Jerusalem - City of the Book

"In this enthralling book, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint explore Jerusalem's libraries to tell the story of this city as a place where some of the world's most enduring ideas were put into words. The writers of Jerusalem, although renowned the world over, are not usually thought of as a distinct school; their story as Jerusalemites has never before been woven into a single narrative. Nor have the stories of the custodians, past and present, who safeguard Jerusalem's literary legacies. By showing how Jerusalem has been imagined by its writers and shelved by its librarians, Mack and Balint tell the untold history of how the peoples of the book have populated the city with texts. In their hands, Jerusalem itself-perched between East and West, antiquity and modernity, violence and piety-comes alive as a kind of labyrinthine library"--Jacket flap.

About the author

Merav Mack is a historian and scholar of contemporary religion affiliated with the Harry S. Truman Research Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology at Augusta Victoria. Her current research focuses on Christian minorities in the Middle East. Benjamin Balint is a writer and translator based at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem. His previous books include Running Commentary and Kafka's Last Trial.

Summary

A captivating journey through the hidden libraries of Jerusalem, where some of the world's most enduring ideas were put into words

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Balint, Balint Benjamin, Merav Mack, Merav Balint Mack, Mack Merav
• Assisted by: Frederic Brenner (Photographs), Frédéric Brenner (Photographer)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780300222852
• ISBN: 978-0-300-22285-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Israel, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Jewish people and groups