Jerusalem: Idea and Reality

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Jerusalem, the holy city of three faiths, has been the focus of competing historical, religious, and political narratives from Biblical chronicles to today’s headlines. With an aura that transcends the boundaries of time and place, the city itself embodies different levels of reality – indeed, different realities altogether – for both observers and inhabitants. There is the real Jerusalem, a place of ancient streets and monuments, temples and coffee-houses, religious discourse and political argument. But there is also the imaginary and utopian city that exists in the minds of believers, political strategists, and artists. The study of this multifaceted city poses complex questions that range over several fields of inquiry. The multidisciplinary studies in Jerusalem offer insights into this complexity. Chapters by leading scholars examine the significant issues that relate to the perception, representation, and status of the city at the historical, religious, social, artistic, and political levels. Together they provide an essential resource for anyone interested in the paradoxes that Jerusalem offers. Book Cover Title Copyright Contents Figures Contributors Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Jerusalem: One city, one faith, one god 3 Jerusalem in Jewish history, tradition, and memory 4 The Temple Mount in Jewish and early Christian traditions: A new look 5 Early Christian Jerusalem: The city of the cross 6 The symbolism of Jerusalem in early Islam 7 The holy fool still speaks: The Jerusalem Syndrome as a religious subculture 8 Sacred space and mythic time in the early printed maps of Jerusalem 9 Seeing is believing: Auguste Salzmann and the photographic representation of Jerusalem 10 Fayruz, the Rahbani Brothers, Jerusalem, and the Leba-stinian song 11 Jerusalem in the visual propaganda of post-revolutionary Iran 12 Negotiating the city: A perspective of a Jerusalemite 13 Jerusalem in the late Ottoman period: Historical writing and the native voice 14 Jerusalem in and out of focus: The city in Zionist ideology 15 Administering Jordanian Jerusalem: Constructing national identity 16 The Palestinian political leadership in East Jerusalem after 1967 17 Yerushalayim, al-Quds, and the Wizard of Oz: The problem of ‘‘Jerusalem’’ after Camp David II and the Aqsa Intifada 18 Negotiating Jerusalem: Reflections of an Israeli negotiator Index