Jerusalem : its sanctity and centrality to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam /
In this work, thirty-three world-renowned scholars consider the significance of Jerusalem in the thought and practice of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. They describe its archeological remains, cultural creations, and tumultuous history from biblical times to the present. But they also probe its rich...
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Table of Contents:
- I. Jerusalem in Biblical Tradition. 1. From the King's Sanctuary to the Chosen City / Sara Japhet. 2. The First Stages of Jerusalem's Sanctification under David: A Literary and Ideological Analysis / Yair Zakovitch. 3. Jerusalem under Hezekiah: an Assyriological Perspective / William W. Hallo
- II. Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. 4. Second Temple Jerusalem: A Jewish City in the Greco-Roman Orbit / Lee I. Levine. 5. The Pilgrimage Economy of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period / Martin Goodman. 6. The Role of Jerusalem and the Temple in "End of Days" Speculation in the Second Temple Period / Albert I. Baumgarten. 7. Jerusalem and its Temple in Early Christian Thought and Practice / E. P. Sanders. 8. Jerusalem as the Omphalos of the World: On the History of a Geographical Concept / Philip S. Alexander. 9. The Many Names of Jerusalem / Avigdor Shinan
- III. Byzantine Jerusalem. 10. Byzantine Jerusalem: The Configuration of a Christian City / Yoram Tsafrir.
- 11. The Cult of the Holy Places and Christian Politics in Byzantine Jerusalem / Zeev Rubin. 12. "Mapping History's Redemption": Eschatology and Topography in the Itinerarium burdigalense / Glenn Bowman. 13. The Attitudes of Church Fathers toward Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony. 14. The Jerusalem Bishopric and the Jews in the Fourth Century: History and Eschatology / Oded Irshai. 15. "The Mystery of Judaea" (Jerome, Ep. 46): The Holy City of Jerusalem between History and Symbol in Early Christian Thought / Lorenzo Perrone. 16. Loving the Jerusalem Below: The Monks of Palestine / Robert L. Wilken. 17. The Influence of Jerusalem on Christian Liturgy / Paul F. Bradshaw. 18. Jerusalem in the Early Seventh Century: Hopes and Aspirations of Christians and Jews / Gunter Stemberger
- IV. Jerusalem in the Early Middle Ages. 19. Space and Holiness in Medieval Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar.
- 20. Jerusalem and Mecca / Hava Lazarus-Yafeh. 21. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the Early Muslim Period / Amikam Elad. 22. Jerusalem and the Genesis of Islamic Scripture / Angelika Neuwirth. 23. Three Perspectives on Jerusalem: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Pilgrims in the Twelfth Century / Miryam Rosen-Ayalon
- V. Jerusalem in Medieval Jewish and Christian Traditions. 24. Mystical Jerusalems / Guy G. Stroumsa. 25. Jerusalem and the Sign of the Cross (with particular reference to the cross of pilgrimage and crusading in the twelfth century) / Giles Constable. 26. Jerusalem as Christian Symbol during the First Crusade: Jewish Awareness and Response / Robert Chazan. 27. The Loss of Christian Jerusalem in Late Medieval Liturgy / Amnon Linder. 28. Jerusalem in Jewish Law and Customs: a Preliminary Typology / David Golinkin. 29. Jerusalem in Jewish Liturgy / Stefan C. Reif. 30. Jerusalem in Geonic Era Aggadah / Burton L. Visotzky.
- 31. Jerusalem in Early Medieval Jewish Bible Exegesis / Haggai Ben-Shammai
- VI. Jerusalem in the Late Middle Ages and Modern Era. 32. Pilgrims, Politics and Holy Places: the Ethiopian Community in Jerusalem until ca. 1650 / Anthony O'Mahony. 33. The Greek Orthodox Community of Jerusalem in International Politics: International Solutions for Jerusalem and the Greek Orthodox Community in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Sotiris Roussos.