Historical atlas of Jerusalem / Meir Ben-Dov ; [translated from the original Hebrew by David Louvish].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ben-Dov, M.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History.

Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

xvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First English language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2002.

Summary:

Five thousand years have passed since the cornerstone was laid for Jerusalem. Two thousand years later Jerusalem was conquered by David. The city has been sacred for three thousand years -- beginning when King David placed the altar there and Solomon built the Temple. Since then Jerusalem has been the focus of western civilization -- the meeting ground of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Many wars and terrible events have taken place in Jerusalem, but when peace and tranquility reigned the city flourished and developed.

The author reviews this unique chain of events, accompanying his text with impressive illustrations, many of which have never before been published.

Contents:

Jerusalem / Fr. Bargil Pixner, O.S.B. ix

Chapter 1 Before the City Existed: First Steps

1. Between Sea and Desert: The Fertile Crescent 1

2. International Routes in the Fertile Crescent: Via Maris and the King's Highway 4

3. Jerusalem and the International Routes 6

4. "The Mountains Round About Jerusalem" 9

5. Water Sources in Jerusalem and Environs 13

6. Cultivated Land and Agriculture 15

7. Foundation of the City 19

8. Names of the City Through the Ages 23

Chapter 2 Canaanite Jerusalem: From Yqr'm to Araunah (3000-1000 BCE)

1. The First Thousand Years 28

2. Yqr'm and Ss'n, Kings of Jerusalem in the Period of the Execration Texts (20th-18th cent. BCE) 30

3. Melchizedek, King of Shalem, Priest of God Most High 32

4. The Patriarch Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac

Mount Moriah 33

5. Abdi Heb/pa, Ruler of Jerusalem: The El-Amarna Period (14th cent. BCE) 35

6. The City-state of Jerusalem 37

7. Jerusalem on the Eve of Joshua's Conquest: The Kingdom of Adoni-zedek (13th cent. BCE) 38

8. Jerusalem-Jebus, a Hittite and Amorite City: The Kingdom of Araunah (12th-11th cent. BCE) 40

Chapter 3 Jerusalem in the First Temple Period: The House of David, from David to Zedekiah (1000-586 BCE)

1. From Jebus to the City of David 43

2. From Capital City to Royal Temple and Royal Seat 46

3. Solomon Builds the First Temple 48

4. The City Expands Westward, to the Upper Hills: From Jehoshaphat to the Destruction of the First Temple 52

5. Water in Time of Siege: Warren's Shaft, the Siloam Channel, Hezekiah's Tunnel 59

6. Palaces Outside the City 64

7. The Necropolis: Tombs of Jerusalem's Kings and Aristocracy 68

8. Destruction of the First Temple: Babylonian Rule, Nebuchadnezzar and Jerusalem (586 BCE) 75

9. Jerusalem

City of Prophets 78

Chapter 4 Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period: Under Persia, Greece and Rome: From Zerubbabel to Johanan ben Zakkai, or from Cyrus to Titus (538 BCE-70 CE)

1. Zerubbabel ben Shealtiel and Joshua ben Jehozadak 81

2. Ezra and Nehemiah 84

3. Jerusalem Under Greek Rule: The Ptolemies and the Seleucids 88

4. Jerusalem Under the Hasmoneans: From Mattathias to Mattathias 91

5. Jerusalem at the Height of Its Splendor: From Herod to Agrippa II 103

6. Jesus Son of Joseph in Jerusalem 127

7. Jerusalem Seat of Jewish Wisdom 130

8. From Jerusalem to Yavneh: Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai: "Give Me Yavneh and Its Sages" 132

Chapter 5 Jerusalem

City of Legions: Aelia Capitolina (70-333 CE)

1. Jerusalem City of the Tenth Legion 136

2. Renewed Civilian Settlement in Jerusalem: The Judeo-Christians 142

3. Jerusalem in the Time of Bar Kokhba and Hadrian: Aelia Capitolina 143

Chapter 6 Jerusalem Under the Cross: The Byzantine City (333-638 CE)

1. The Roman Empire Accepts Christianity: A Turning Point in Jerusalem's History

Constantine and Helena 148

2. From Constantine to Justinian: Christian Jerusalem 156

3. Jerusalem under Heraclius: The Beginning of the Decline 163

4. Everyday Jewish Life in Jerusalem Under Byzantine Rule 166

Chapter 7 Jerusalem in the Embrace of the Muslim Crescent: Ancient Islam (638-1099)

1. Caliph Omar, Conqueror of Jerusalem 169

2. From Aelia to Madinat Bayt al-Maqdis: The Sanctity of Jerusalem in Islam 171

3. Jerusalem Under the Umayyads: A New Administrative Center 174

4. Jerusalem Under the Abbasids 180

5. Jerusalem a Shi'ite City: The Fatimid Dynasty 183

6. Jerusalem

City of Seljuks and Fatimids 187

Chapter 8 Jerusalem, Capital of the Crusader Kingdom (1099-1260)

1. The Crusaders Conquer Jerusalem: Godfrey of Bouillon, Defender of the Holy Sepulcher 194

2. Jerusalem, City of God and Merchants 199

3. The Crescent Returns to Jerusalem: Saladin, Hero of Islam 211

4. Frederick II, German Emperor and King of Jerusalem 215

5. The Khwarizmian Turks, Destroyers of Jerusalem; The Tatars 220

6. Baybars the Mamluk in Jerusalem; Jewish Community Restored by Nahmanides 222

Chapter 9 Jerusalem Restored to Islam

The Mamluks (1260-1515)

1. Under the Shadow of the Crusader Threat 227

2. Jerusalem of Religious Colleges, Hostels, Markets and Tombs 229

3. Sultan Qa'itbay and His Dream of Jerusalem 236

4. Jerusalem, Pilgrimage City: Jews, Muslims and Christians 239

Chapter 10 Jerusalem Under Ottoman Rule (1515-1917)

1. Selim the Grim and Suleiman the Magnificent 243

2. Suleiman's Projects in Jerusalem and Their Purpose 245

3. Jerusalem's Four Quarters and the Temple Mount 256

4. Ibn Farukh, Ruler of Jerusalem 262

5. Jerusalem Advances Toward the Nineteenth Century 265

6. European Entry into Jerusalem 267

7. The Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem at its Zenith 276

8. The Beginnings of Historical and Archaeological Research in Jerusalem 278

9. Beyond the Walls: The Boom in Construction Momentum and the Growth of Jerusalem's Population 281

Chapter 11 Jerusalem Under the British Mandate (1917-1948)

1. Jerusalem Surrenders to General Allenby 288

2. Jerusalem Between Jews and Arabs 290

3. The Western Wall and the Struggle Over Its Character and Status 294

4. Construction in Mandatory Jerusalem 297

Chapter 12 Jerusalem Divided and Reunited (1948-1989)

1. The UN Resolution: Jewish State and Arab State, International Jerusalem 301

2. Jerusalem in 1948 304

3. Divided Jerusalem 309

4. Jerusalem Reunited 314

5. Changes and Trends Since Jerusalem's Reunification 318

6. Toward the Future 336

Chapter 13 Jerusalem at the Threshold of the Third Millennium (1989-2000)

1. Peace Agreements between Israel and the Palestinians 345

2. Politically Motivated Development Projects 346

3. The Temple Mount and the Vicinity 348

4. New Discoveries 357

5. Roads and Tunnels Around Jerusalem 358

6. Isaiah's Vision: "All the Nations Shall Flow to It" 362.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-372) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

082641379X

OCLC:

49611399