Jerusalem in the 19th century : the Old City / Yehoshua Ben-Arieh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Arieh, Yehoshua.

Standardized Title:

Yerushalayim ba-meʼah ha-teshaʻ-ʻeśreh, ha-ʻIr ha-ʻAtiḳah. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Jerusalem--History.

Jerusalem.

Jews--Jerusalem--History--19th century.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Jews--history.

Medical Subjects:

Jews--history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 438 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Jerusalem in the nineteenth century

Jerusalem in the nineteenth century--the Old City.

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Yad Izhak Ben Zvi Institute ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1984.

Contents:

Prologue: Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem: The Sources

Part One: The Old City: Its Appearance, Sources of Livelihood, Water Supply and Sanitation

1. The City Plan; the Built-up Area

2. The Economy and Pursuits of Jerusalem's Population (Its Crafts, Commerce, Markets and Rhythm of Life)

3. Water Supply: Springs, Pools, Cisterns and the Aqueduct

4. Sanitation and Health.

Part Two: Ottoman Rule: The Muslim Population: The Temple Mount and the Muslim Quarter

1. Ottoman Rule

2. The Muslim Community

3. The Temple Mount

4. The Muslim Quarter and its Functional Structures

5. Penetrtion of Christian and Western Elements into the Muslim Quarter.

Part Three: The Christian Communities: The Christian Quarter: The Armenian Quarter

1. Western Activity; Christian Inhabitants and Pilgrims

2. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

3. The Christian Quarter; the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Communities

4. The Eastern Communities: Copts, Ethiopians, Armenians and Syrians; the Armenian Quarter

5. The Protestant Communities: Institutions and Missionary Activities.

Part Four: The Jewish Community of Jerusalem before the Expansion Beyond the Old City Walls (1800-1870)

1. Growth of the Jewish Population Before 1870

1. The Subdivision of the Jewish Community

3. Synagogues, Talmudi Torah and Yeshivot; the Wailing Wall as a Prayer Site

4. The Jewish Quarter

5. Christian Missionary Activity: Institutions for Health, Education and WElfare; the Karaites.

Part Five: The Jewish Community of Jerusalem at the End of the Ottoman Period (1870-1914)

1. The Continued Growth of the Jewish Population and the Proliferation of Kolelim

2. Jewish Religious Institutions and the Growing Importance of the Wailing Wall

3. The Expansion of the Jewish Quarter and the Beginning of its Decline

Epilogue: The Old City in Context.

Notes:

"Sequel to ... The rediscovery of the Holy Land in the nineteenth century"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-420) and indexes.

ISBN:

0312441878

9780312441876

OCLC:

11089917