Keys to Jerusalem : collected essays / Jerome Murphy-O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy-O'Connor, J. (Jerome), 1935-2013.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem--Antiquities.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Jerusalem.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

xvi, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor has lived in Jerusalem for 48 years, during which time he has taught graduate students its history and archaeology, and also compiled a bestselling archaeological guidebook for visitors.

The current volume provides an initial survey of the history, archaeology, and theology of Jerusalem, but the twelve articles that make up the body of the book deal with problems that the author feels have not been given a satisfactory solution. Thus Murphy-O'Connor discusses the precise location of a number of important, buildings, i.e. the Temple, the Antonia, and the Capitol, and also treats of events in the life of Jesus that are located in Jerusalem: his dispute with the money-changers in the Temple, his agony in the garden of Gethsemane, his route from Pilate to Golgotha. The previously unpublished chapters dealing with the Christian Quarter are perhaps the most original. They describe the creation of the Christian Quarter in 1063 and define its limits relative to the present Old City. Its two most important buildings, the Holy Sepulchre and the great Hospital of the Knights of St John, are treated in great detail. The concluding chapter is a classified bibliography of sources for the study of Jerusalem.

Thoughtfully illustrated with maps, photographs, and diagrams, this book is a mine of information for specialists working on Jerusalem, and for the interested reader with some prior knowledge of this fascinating and complex city. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Jerusalem: History, Archaeology, and Theology 1

Part I New Testament Jerusalem

2 The Temple and the Antonia 37

3 Hierosolyma/Ierousalêm in Galatians 53

4 Jesus and the Money-Changers (Mark 11:15-17; John 2:13-17) 59

5 What Really Happened at Gethsemane? 77

6 Tracing the Via Dolorosa 107

7 The Cenacle and the Community: The Background of Acts 2:44-5 123

8 The Tomb of James 135

Part II Roman Jerusalem

9 The Location of the Capitol in Aelia Capitolina 147

Part III Christian Jerusalem: From Constantine To The Crusades

10 The Authenticity of the Holy Sepulchre 159

11 Restoration and Discovery: Bringing to Light the Original Holy Sepulchre Church 193

12 The Christian Quarter of Jerusalem 219

13 The Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem 261

14 Sources for the Study of Jerusalem 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-302) and indexes.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780199642021

0199642028

OCLC:

742512026

Publisher Number:

99948741987