The Temple of Jerusalem / Simon Goldhill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldhill, Simon.

Series:

Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)

Wonders of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--History.

Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).

Physical Description:

194 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millennia, emerges in all its historical, cultural, and religious significance in Simon Goldhill's account.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

1 A MONUMENT OF THE IMAGINATION

2 SOLOMON’S TEMPLE: THE GLORY AND THE DESTRUCTION

3 REBUILDING THE TEMPLE: A VISION FROM EXILE

4 HEROD’S TEMPLE: A WONDER OF THE WORLD

5 THE TEMPLE OF THE SCHOLARS: A BUILDING OF WORDS

6 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE

7 CALIPHS AND CRUSADERS

8 THE ARTIST’S EYE

9 TRAVELLERS’ TALES

10 ARCHAEOLOGY AND IMPERIALISM

11 THE TEMPLE AS MYTH: FREEMASONS AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

12 THE TEMPLE IS OURS!

MAKING A VISIT ?

FURTHER READING

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DATING SCHEMES AND TRANSLATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-674-06357-0

OCLC:

1294426590