{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-on-jerusalem-9781138936935","title":"Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew cities around the world transcend their physical boundaries the way Jerusalem does. As the spiritual capital of monotheism, Jerusalem has ancient roots and legacies that have imposed themselves on its inhabitants throughout the centuries. In modern times, and aside from all the religious complexities, Jerusalem has become enmeshed in the Palestinian and Israeli national identities and political aspirations, which have involved and dragged into the fray other actors from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsisting of 35 chapters from leading specialists, the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook on Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e provides a broad spectrum of studies related to the city and its history. Beginning with a historical overview starting from the end of the Bronze age, the chapters go on to look at a range of topics including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereligious symbolism and pilgrimage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereligious and social relations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esocial and economic history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003earchitecture and archaeol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA. Historical Perspectives: Ancient–Medieval\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerusalem from Its Beginnings to the End of the Late Bronze Age\u003c\/i\u003e – Eyal Meiron. \u003cb\u003eChapter 2 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in the First Temple Period\u003c\/i\u003e – Kyle H. Keimer. \u003cb\u003eChapter 3 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Babylonian Exile through the Hasmonean Period\u003c\/i\u003e – Joshua Schwartz. \u003cb\u003eChapter 4 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerodian Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Orit Peleg-Barkat. \u003cb\u003eChapter 5 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAelia Capitolina\u003c\/i\u003e – Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah. \u003cb\u003eChapter 6 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eByzantine Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003e– Ute Verstegen. \u003cb\u003eChapter 7 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in Early Islam: The Making of the Muslims’ Holy City\u003c\/i\u003e – Suleiman A. Mourad. \u003cb\u003eChapter 8 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crusader Period\u003c\/i\u003e – Adrian J. Boas. \u003cb\u003eChapter 9 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods\u003c\/i\u003e – Zayde Antrim. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eB. Historical Perspectives: Early-Modern–Modern. \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 10 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttoman Jerusalem, 1517–1918 \u003c\/i\u003e– Yuval Ben-Bassat and Johann Büssow. \u003cb\u003eChapter 11 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in the Transition from Empire to Mandate\u003c\/i\u003e – Abigail Jacobson. \u003cb\u003eChapter 12 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Thomas Abowd. \u003cb\u003eChapter 13 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNationalizing Jerusalem: The Holy City under Jordanian Rule\u003c\/i\u003e – Kimberly Katz. \u003cb\u003eChapter 14 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsraeli Jerusalem: Seven Decades Since 1948\u003c\/i\u003e – Yitzhak Reiter. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. Monuments, Art, Literature \u0026amp; Urban Space. \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 15 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Church of the Holy Sepulchre\u003c\/i\u003e – Megan Boomer and Robert G. Ousterhout. \u003cb\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Dome of the Rock \u003c\/i\u003e– Alain George. \u003cb\u003eChapter 17 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepresentations of Jerusalem in Jewish Art and Literature in the Late Antique, Medieval, and Modern Periods\u003c\/i\u003e – Shulamit Laderman. \u003cb\u003eChapter 18 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Western Wall or Kotel\u003c\/i\u003e – Dotan Goren. \u003cb\u003eChapter 19 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoments of Transformation in the Urban Order of Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Wendy Pullan. \u003cb\u003eChapter 20 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in Palestinian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e – Atef Alshaer. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eD. Ritual, Representation \u0026amp; Meaning. \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 21 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem as Ritual Space\u003c\/i\u003e – Jeremy D. Smoak. \u003cb\u003eChapter 22 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and Burial in Iron Age Jerusalem: A View from the Silwan Necropolis \u003c\/i\u003e– Matthew J. Suriano. \u003cb\u003eChapter 23 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Religious Symbolism and Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e – Daniel R. Schwartz. \u003cb\u003eChapter 24\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Heavenly Jerusalem and the Earthly Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Oliver Larry Yarbrough. \u003cb\u003eChapter 25 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Religious Symbolism and Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e – Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos. \u003cb\u003eChapter 26\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Temples to Jerusalem Rocks before the Coming of Islam \u003c\/i\u003e– Naomi Koltun-Fromm. \u003cb\u003eChapter 27 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in Maps\u003c\/i\u003e – Rehav Rubin. \u003cb\u003eChapter 28\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Holy City and Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e – Giuseppe Perta. \u003cb\u003eChapter 29 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcquiring Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Annabel Jane Wharton. \u003cb\u003eChapter 30 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem and Eschatology\u003c\/i\u003e – Ora Limor. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. Contestation. \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 31 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e150 Years of Archaeology and Controversy in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e – Raphael Greenberg. \u003cb\u003eChapter 32\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBetween the Nations: The Sepulchre in Intercommunal and International Dynamics \u003c\/i\u003e– Georgios Tsourous. \u003cb\u003eChapter 33 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntercommunal Relations during the British Mandate\u003c\/i\u003e – Laura Robson. \u003cb\u003eChapter 34\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Armenians of Jerusalem in the Modern Period: The Rise and Decline of a Community \u003c\/i\u003e– Bedross Der Matossian. \u003cb\u003eChapter 35 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem in the Peace Process \u003c\/i\u003e– Menachem Klein\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577861017943,"sku":"9781138936935","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138936935.jpg?v=1746096969","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-on-jerusalem-9781138936935","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}