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. |
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... Valley of Jehoshaphat . Jerusalem itself does not appear by name in the Koran . Muslim internalization of the holiness of Jerusalem was initially circum- scribed largely by the Haram - a - Sharif . The renowned tenth - century Muslim ...
... Valley of Jehoshaphat . Jerusalem itself does not appear by name in the Koran . Muslim internalization of the holiness of Jerusalem was initially circum- scribed largely by the Haram - a - Sharif . The renowned tenth - century Muslim ...
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... Valley of the Cross , named for the massive bulk of the sixth - century monastery that guards the spot where according to Christian tradition the wood of the cross was grown.24 On a hill above the monastery sits the wide box - like ...
... Valley of the Cross , named for the massive bulk of the sixth - century monastery that guards the spot where according to Christian tradition the wood of the cross was grown.24 On a hill above the monastery sits the wide box - like ...
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... Valley of ben Hinnom - at the entrance of the Harsith * Gate - and proclaim there the words which I will speak to you .... [ They ] have filled this place with the blood of the innocents 8 THE JERUSALEM BOOK OF QUOTATIONS.
... Valley of ben Hinnom - at the entrance of the Harsith * Gate - and proclaim there the words which I will speak to you .... [ They ] have filled this place with the blood of the innocents 8 THE JERUSALEM BOOK OF QUOTATIONS.
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... Valley of Ben- hinnom , but Valley of Slaughter . " " There shall yet be old men of and women in the squares Jerusalem .... And the squares of the city shall be crowded with boys and girls playing .... -Zechariah 8 : 4-5 " Walk around ...
... Valley of Ben- hinnom , but Valley of Slaughter . " " There shall yet be old men of and women in the squares Jerusalem .... And the squares of the city shall be crowded with boys and girls playing .... -Zechariah 8 : 4-5 " Walk around ...
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... Valley Gate to the Jackal's well and to the Dung Gate ; * and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire . " -Nehemiah 2 : 3 * Not the present Dung Gate ( See Vilnay ...
... Valley Gate to the Jackal's well and to the Dung Gate ; * and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire . " -Nehemiah 2 : 3 * Not the present Dung Gate ( See Vilnay ...
Contents
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Mameluke Period | 75 |
Ottoman Period | 107 |
Ottoman Period | 135 |
British Mandate Period | 189 |
Israel Period | 197 |
Topical Index | 215 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | 249 |
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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 191 - His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Page 142 - And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold : Bring me my Arrows of desire : Bring me my Spear : O clouds unfold ! Bring me my Chariot of fire. I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem...
Page 111 - This book will make a traveller of thee, If by its counsel thou wilt ruled be; It will direct thee to the Holy Land, If thou wilt its directions understand: Yea, it will make the slothful active be; The blind also delightful things to see.
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 130 - To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 134 - For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword...
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...
Page 121 - The artists, who undertake the operation, do it in this manner : they have stamps in wood of any figure that you desire, which they first print off upon your arm, with powder of charcoal; then taking two very fine needles tied close together, and dipping them often, like a pen, in certain ink, compounded, as I was informed, of gunpowder and...