Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land: From the Origins to the Latin Kingdoms

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This volume fills a major desideratum in historical scholarship on the religious history of the Holy Land. It presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the history of Christianity and the various churches that coexisted there from the beginnings of Christianity to the fall of the Crusader Kingdoms. It also offers analytical studies of major topics and problems. While the first part is organized chronologically, the second follows a thematic plan, dealing with the major themes pertaining to the topic, from various points of view and covering several disciplinary fields: history, theology, archaeology, and art history. The volume represents the outcome of an international project initiated by Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi of Jerusalem, and the contributors are leading experts in their fields. Front matter (“Contents”, “List of Illustrations”, “List of Abbreviations”, “Introduction”), p. i Free Access Beginnings of Christianity in the Holy Land, p. 7 William Horbury https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3189 From Oblivion to Fame: The History of the Palestinian Church (135–303 ce), p. 91 Oded Irshai https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3190 ‘Rejoice Sion, Mother of All Churches’: Christianity in the Holy Land during the Byzantine Era, p. 141 Lorenzo Perrone https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3191 The Church of Jerusalem and the ‘Melkites’: The Making of an ‘Arab Orthodox’ Christian Identity in the World of Islam (750–1050 ce), p. 175 Sidney H. Griffith https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3192 Christian Communities in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1187 ce), p. 205 Johannes Pahlitzsch, Daniel Baraz https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3193 Intellectuals and Church Fathers in the Third and Fourth Centuries, p. 239 Christoph Markschies https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3194 Monasticism in the Holy Land, p. 257 Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Aryeh Kofsky https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3195 Christians and Jews in Byzantine Palestine, p. 293 Günter Stemberger https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3196 ‘Holy Journey’: Pilgrimage and Christian Sacred Landscape, p. 321 Ora Limor https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3197 Early Christian Churches in the Holy Land, p. 355 Joseph Patrich https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3198 The Monasteries of Palestine in the Byzantine Period, p. 401 Yizhar Hirschfeld https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3199 The Liturgy of Jerusalem in the Byzantine Period, p. 421 Stéphane Verhelst https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3200 The Holy Land as a Factor in Christian Art, p. 463 Bianca Kühnel https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3201 Epilogue, p. 505 Robert Louis Wilken https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.3.3202 Back matter (“Contributors”, “Index”), p. 511