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Author Goldhill, Simon.

Title Jerusalem : city of longing / Simon Goldhill.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  915.69442 GOL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  956.94 GOLDHILL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  956.94 G56    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  956.9442 GOLDHILL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  956.9442 GO    Check Shelf
Description ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-340) and index.
Contents The center of the Christian world -- The center of Jewish Jerusalem -- The center of Muslim Jerusalem -- The old city -- The oldest city -- The Victorian city -- The modern city.
Summary Jerusalem is the site of some 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. This work takes you on a tour through the history of this image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre.
Local Note WNDSR Gift of Afshan Javed-Ahmed in honor of Abdul Shakur.
Subject Jerusalem -- Description and travel.
Jerusalem -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Jerusalem -- Ethnic relations.
Jerusalem -- Religion.
Christian shrines -- Jerusalem.
Jewish shrines -- Jerusalem.
Islamic shrines -- Jerusalem.
Architecture as Topic -- Jerusalem.
ISBN 9780674028661 alkaline paper
067402866X alkaline paper
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