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Record Nr.

UNINA9910555076003321

Autore

Balfour Alan (Alan H.)

Titolo

The walls of Jerusalem : preserving the past controlling the future / / Alan Balfour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019

ISBN

1-119-18231-X

1-119-18230-1

1-119-18232-8

1-119-18234-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 pages)

Classificazione

ARC005000

Disciplina

956.9442

Soggetti

Zionism

Judaism - Relations

Islam - Relations

ARCHITECTURE / History / General

Electronic books.

Temple Mount (Jerusalem) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Sales handles: The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments, Solomon's Temple and The Dome of the Rock, drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence Relayed as a gripping narrative, allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events, particularly Christ's actions in the Temple Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century Market description: Scholars of religion, Middle East history, Middle East politics, architecture; Readers with an



interest in religion history and the politics of the Middle East"--