Jerusalem: City of Longing

by Simon Goldhill

Book Overview

Jerusalem is the site of some of the most famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. Since the nineteenth century, the city has been a premier tourist destination, not least because of the countless religious pilgrims from the three Abrahamic faiths.

But Jerusalem is more than a tourist site--it is a city where every square mile is layered with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674034686
• ISBN13: 9780674034686
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"