City of Stone - The Hidden History of Jerusalem

Informationen zum Autor Meron Benvenisti is a former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and the author of numerous books! including Conflicts and Contradictions (1986) and Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land (California! 1995). Klappentext "Jerusalem has had many chroniclers! but Benvenisti is the city's leading living author. This is the one book that provides a history of the city at once knowing! unsentimental! yet evocative of the grace of that city. A book of great quality! a book of rare integrity."-Fouad Ajami! author of The Arab Predicament Zusammenfassung Jerusalem is more than a holy city built of stone. Domain of Muslims, Jews, and Christians, Jerusalem is a perpetual contest, and its shrines, housing projects, and bulldozers compete in a scramble for possession. This book presents a history of the city that does not fall prey to any one version of its past. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations  1. The Quarry of History  2. The Mute Hills  3. Hallowed Ground  4. The Lord Mayor  5. Blueprint for Catastrophe  6. A Marketplace of Discord  7. Unraveling the Enigma  8. Seashells on the Jerusalem Shore  Index

Product details

• Authors: Meron Benvenisti, Benvenisti Meron
• Assisted by: Meron Benvenisti (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.1998
• EAN: 9780520207684
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20768-4
• No. of pages: 283
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Israel, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Local History, Middle Eastern history, Urban communities, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic