The Jerusalem Book of Quotations: A 3,000- Year PerspectivePerhaps no other city has been spoken of as often or as passionately as Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Book of Quotations brings together the kaleidoscopic impressions and perspectives of a representative group of those who have responded to the wonder of the Holy City from the biblical period to the present: Jews, Christians, and Muslims; pilgrims as well as skeptics, travelers, conquerors, scholars, and statesmen. The work gives expression to the discordant notes of contrasting perspectives about the meaning of Jerusalem. At the same time, it reflects the city s unique distinction as the embodiment of mankind s highest ethical and spiritual aspirations. |
Contents
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Early Muslim Period | 37 |
Crusader Zeriod and Muslim Reconquest | 51 |
Mameluke Period | 75 |
Ottoman Period | 107 |
Ottoman Period | 135 |
British Mandate Period | 189 |
Israel Period | 197 |
Topical Index | 215 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham ACCOUNT Adam AMERICAN ancient appeared Arab AUTHOR beautiful believe Book building built buried called CENTURY Christ Christian Church Constantine Cross Crusades David destroyed destruction Dome door earth East Edited ENGLISH enter Eretz faith Fathers four Franciscan Gate Greek hand head heaven HISTORIAN History History of Jerusalem Holy Land holy places Holy Sepulcher hundred Ibid Islam Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Journey King Latin light live London look Lord Mosque Mount of Olives Mount Zion Muslims offered Palestine period Persians Peters pilgrimage Pilgrims pray prayer present Press priests Publishing Quarter quoted Rabbi reference religious remains Rock Roman ruins sacred Saracens seen Sepulcher side Society Solomon stands stone stood Strange T]he Temple Mount Text thousand tomb tower tradition Translated TRAVELER true University valley Western Wall wood York
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Page 7 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
Page 10 - If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Raze it, raze it! Down to its foundations!
Page 8 - Come, let us climb the LORD'S mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.
Page 10 - The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up...