Jerusalem in history / edited by K.J. Asali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ʻAsalī, Kāmil Jamīl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History.

Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Olive Branch Press, 1990.

Summary:

The city of Jerusalem has a special place in the consciousness of the great monotheistic religions. Throughout its history it has been the site of glories and catastrophes; a place that has been witness to transition and occupation by a diversity of peoples and an object of pilgrimage through the centuries.

This important work begins to provide a comprehensive outline of the amazing history of the city. It moves from the Bronze Age to the tensions of present-day Jerusalem and presents a balanced and authentic picture, that helps to correct the often distorted images of the city presented over the last fifty years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

ISBN:

094079344X :

OCLC:

19971463