Four paths to Jerusalem: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Secular Pilgrimages, 1000 BCE to 2001 CE
Ghostly and other pilgrims -- A primer on the importance of Jerusalem -- The Old City -- Beginnings of the Jerusalem pilgrimage : the first and second temples (c. 1000 BCE-63 BCE) -- Pilgrims under Roman and Byzantine rule (63 BCE-638 CE) -- The early Islamic period : Christian and Muslim pilgrimage...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Jefferson, NC [u.a.]
McFarland & Co
2002
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jerusalem
/ Pilgrimage
/ History
B History |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages (Jerusalem)
B Jerusalem History B Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages (Jerusalem) B Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages (Jerusalem) |
| Summary: | Ghostly and other pilgrims -- A primer on the importance of Jerusalem -- The Old City -- Beginnings of the Jerusalem pilgrimage : the first and second temples (c. 1000 BCE-63 BCE) -- Pilgrims under Roman and Byzantine rule (63 BCE-638 CE) -- The early Islamic period : Christian and Muslim pilgrimages (638-1095) -- A pilgrimage in arms : the first crusade and its aftermath (1095-1187) -- More crusades and more pilgrims : the Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties (1187-1517) -- Pilgrimages under Ottoman rule (1517-1917) -- Pilgrimages during the British mandate and under the Israelis (1917-2001) -- A summing-up : unity in diversity and the symbolism of the journey -- Appendix I: Selective list of pilgrim or other accounts cited in this book -- Appendix II: The destruction of the Herodian temple : an account by Flavius Josephus, 70 CE -- Appendix III: The travels of St. Willibald, 720-726 -- Appendix IV: List of the presents brought home from Jerusalem by Nompar de Caumont, 1420 -- Appendix V: Instructions for Christian pilgrims, c. 1484 -- Appendix VI: Balfour and the Zionists, 1917 -- Appendix VII: Reports by Albright fellows, 1990-2000 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | IX, 262 S, Ill, 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-7864-1264-X |
