{"product_id":"jerusalem-9780300222852","title":"Jerusalem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This book reads like a scholastic thriller, full of ghost scrolls, forgeries, buried texts and thieving bishops”— Frank Lawton, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[The book] creates for the reader a new landscape of the mind, and it reminds us why, even though we may feel we have heard enough of the Holy City, it remains a place of marvels—Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mack and Balint deserve credit for their fresh approach to telling a story of Jerusalem\"—Rabbi Dr. Charles Middleburgh, \u003ci\u003eChurch Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An unforgettable journey through the world of books in Jerusalem, and an unparalleled portrait of one of the world’s great cities.”—Matti Friedman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aleppo Codex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For those who love Jerusalem, \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: City of the Book \u003c\/i\u003ewill be a welcome treat. But all those interested in what religions share, and how they may co-exist, will also learn a great deal from this lively, and often surprising book.”—Miri Rubin, Queen Mary University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Traveling across Jerusalem and beyond, two humanist \u003ci\u003eflâneurs\u003c\/i\u003e find shame and pride, secrecy and sacredness, and a palimpsest made of innumerable religious and secular texts and libraries. A wonderfully wondrous journey.”—Cyrus Schayegh, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Middle East and the Making of the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In their exquisite and brilliant exploration of the intricacies of Jerusalem’s libraries, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint provide us with one of the most intimate and beautiful portraits ever written of Jerusalem. In unraveling the written treasures of Jerusalem, the overlapping maps of the sacred of the three Abrahamic religions unfold before our eyes, constituting Jerusalem as a simultaneous space of sublimity, rivalry, rupture and return.”—Moshe Halbertal, author of \u003ci\u003eMaimonides: Life and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A marvelous book which brings alive the history over many centuries of Jerusalem’s books, libraries, and the librarians who have been—and still are—their guardians. Sensitively and thoughtfully making links between the contested and controversial past and the present, the authors illuminate how books and libraries can bridge divides and shape the future.”—David Bates, former Director of the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401540182359,"sku":"9780300222852","price":21.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300222852.jpg?v=1730477741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jerusalem-9780300222852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}