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I'm Talking about Jerusalem

I'm Talking about Jerusalem

Dowley, Tim

Hardcover

British HistoryIsrael & Palestine History

Publisher Price: $37.00

ISBN10: 1666765406
ISBN13: 9781666765403
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: Nov 28 2023
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On the famous mappa mundi, housed in Hereford Cathedral, Jerusalem is at the center of the world. For Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this holy city represents not merely a physical focus for their faith, but a theological and spiritual emblem: simultaneously a very earthly city and a uniquely celestial kingdom. How has this insignificant city become such a critical location in geopolitics and psychogeography? I'm Talking about Jerusalem explores the many and varied meanings and resonances of Jerusalem--in history, prophecy, theology, literature, imagery, and myth. Jerusalem appears 806 times in the Bible. For the Jews, Jerusalem is not simply a significant physical place, past and present, but a religious concept transcending time. For Christians, it is the site of Jesus's last days--and of countless Christian structures, relics, and remains. Islamic tradition has celebrated the city with seventeen names; it was a key stage in Muhammad's night journey and became Islam's third holiest place of pilgrimage. For all three Abrahamic religions, Jerusalem is a major pilgrimage destination. Aldous Huxley wrote, We have each of us our Jerusalem--a vision of what life might be. I'm Talking about Jerusalem considers Jerusalem as a political goal and eternal home; its place in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic eschatology; and as a metaphor for all we yearn for in this world and the next. A place of perfection and conclusion, a golden city, a paradise to be attained after death.

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