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Saving the Holy Sepulchre : how rival Christians came together to rescue their holiest shrine / Raymond Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Raymond, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem).
- Church buildings--Jerusalem.
- Church buildings.
- Christians--Jerusalem.
- Christians.
- Christian shrines--Jerusalem.
- Christian shrines.
- Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Jerusalem.
- Jerusalem--Antiquities.
- Jerusalem--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the mother of all the churches, erected on the spot where Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead and where every Christian was born. In 1927, Jerusalem was struck by a powerful earthquake, and for decades this venerable structure stood perilously close to collapse. In Saving the Holy Sepulchre, Raymond Cohen tells the engaging story of how three major Christian traditions--Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Orthodox--each with jealously guarded claims to the church, struggled to restore one of the great shrines of civilization. It almos
- Contents:
- Contents; Church of the Holy Sepulchre Before Restoration; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Earthquake; CHAPTER TWO: Mr. Cust's Immobile Machine; CHAPTER THREE: Ready to Fall; CHAPTER FOUR: William Harvey's Temporary Repairs; CHAPTER FIVE: Monsignor Testa's Temple; CHAPTER SIX: The Fire; CHAPTER SEVEN: Hassan Bey Takes Charge; CHAPTER EIGHT: Terrors in the Way; CHAPTER NINE: A Patriarch Open to Reason; CHAPTER TEN: Kiss of Peace; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Three Wise Men; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Keys; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: To the Rotunda; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: At Last, Light
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Trouvelot's ChoiceGlossary of Architectural Terms; Dramatis Personae; Notes; Bibliography; Plans; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-287) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611162757
- 1-281-16275-2
- 0-19-971990-X
- OCLC:
- 437094731
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