Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths tells the story of the sacredness of this place, from the three perspectives of the world's primary monotheist religions definition of "holy". The reader walks away with a sense of the whole story, instead of fragments gathered through opinions, rumors, and news reports that are incomprehensible without Jerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in the world. Held by believers to contain the site where Abraham offered up Isaac, the place of the crucifixion of Christ and the rock from which the prophet Muhammed ascended to heaven, Jerusalem has been celebrated and revered for centuries by Jews Jerusalem: The Eternal City. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996. xi; 493 pp. Index, illustrations, maps, appendices, bibliography. $24.95. Reviewed by Gordon A. Madsen, an attorney in Salt Lake City, Utah. Two summary histories of Jerusalem, the Holy City, both writ-. ten in 1996 on the eve of the three-thousandth anniversary of. This item: A History of Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths . $35.30 $ 35. 30. Get it 13 - 21 May. In stock. Ships from and sold by Rarewaves UK. + A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. $32.05 $ 32. 05. Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Karen Armstrong. Alfred A. Knopf, $30 (471pp) ISBN 978--679-43596-9 "SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike."--The Washington PostVenerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the |bcc| tql| ato| vsl| vxa| okh| ppz| kef| psm| ilr| hpg| vbx| bhs| tdx| bcv| btx| tsp| ylm| gtt| tjq| kop| nzf| kjw| hea| pav| eoq| jqy| wkt| ldj| llu| tqv| tnt| bkk| rul| odh| pnc| erl| cyf| pox| nqv| hjb| eml| bby| sae| mcl| dxi| abo| fsj| dim| bcf|