Jerusalem: Idea and Reality

by Tamar Mayer

Book Overview

Jerusalem, the holy city of three faiths, has been the focus of competing historical, religious, and political narratives from Biblical chronicles to today's headlines. With an aura that transcends the boundaries of time and place, the city itself embodies different levels of reality - indeed, different realities altogether - for both observers and inhabitants. There is the real Jerusalem, a place of ancient streets and monuments, temples and coffee-houses,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415421292
• ISBN13: 9780415421294
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"