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A Jerusalem anthology : travel writing through the centuries

Gorton, T. J. (Ted J.), editor, Gorton, Andrâee Feghali, editor

Overview

Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The name includes a cognate for 'peace, ' but the old stones of the city have witnessed epic bloodshed and destruction over the centuries. The three great monotheistic religions all regard it with especial fervor, and it has for at least two millennia attracted pilgrims intent on seeing it before they die. This rich and compelling anthology of travelers' writings attempts to convey something of the diverse experiences of visitors to this most complex and enigmatic of cities. A Jerusalem Anthology takes us on a journey through a city, not just of illusion and powerful accumulated religious emotion, but of colors, lights, smells, and sounds, an inhabited city as it was directly experienced and lived in through the ages. Memoirs of visitors such as as sixth-century AD pilgrim Saint Silvia of Bordeaux, medieval Jerusalemite al-Muqaddasi, Grand Tour voyagers Gustave Flaubert and Alexander Kinglake, the humorous Mark Twain, or the cynical T.E. Lawrence provide vivid and sometimes disturbing vignettes of the Holy City at very different times in its tumultuous history.

• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Subject: TRAVEL / Middle East / Israel. / Travel. / Reisebericht / Jerusalem Description and travel. / Jerusalem History Sources. / Jerusalem Literary collections. / Middle East Jerusalem. / Jerusalem
• ISBN: 9774168429, 9789774168420

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DS109.9.J47 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE