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Argues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West.

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    A Paperback / softback by Annabel Jane Wharton

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9780226894225, 978-0226894225
      ISBN10: 0226894223
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      Book Synopsis
      Argues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West.

      Trade Review
      "Timely, creative, and engagingly written, Selling Jerusalem is the work of a mature scholar of established reputation. It takes the form of a constant flow from one interesting topic to another." - Conrad Rudolph, author of Pilgrimage to the End of the World"

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