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The walls of Jerusalem : preserving the past, controlling the future
- Title
- The walls of Jerusalem : preserving the past, controlling the future / Alan Balfour.
- Author
- Balfour, Alan (Alan H.)
- Publication
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Sales handles: The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments, Solomon's Temple and The Dome of the Rock, drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence Relayed as a gripping narrative, allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events, particularly Christ's actions in the Temple Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century Market description: Scholars of religion, Middle East history, Middle East politics, architecture; Readers with an interest in religion history and the politics of the Middle East"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Herzl, Weizmann and the Balfour declaration -- Jabotinsky, Ben-Gurion and the iron wall -- "National homeland" -- Al-Nakba (catastrophe) -- Eretz Yisrael -- Settlements -- The "separation barrier" -- In Palestine -- Netanyahu, Trump and the future -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5602
- ISBN
- 9781119182290
- 1119182298
- LCCN
- 2018036106
- OCLC
- 1047525184
- Author
- Balfour, Alan (Alan H.), author.
- Title
- The walls of Jerusalem : preserving the past, controlling the future / Alan Balfour.
- Publisher
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Balfour, Alan (Alan H.), author. Walls of Jerusalem First edition. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, [2019] 9781119182306 (DLC) 2018036440
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5602