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Historical atlas of Jerusalem / Meir Ben-Dov ; [translated from the original Hebrew by David Louvish]. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MapMapLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publication details: New York : Continuum, (c)2002.Description: 1 atlas (xvi, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 082641379X
  • 9780826413796
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS109.9.B456.H578 2002
  • DS109.9.B459.H578 2002
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Contents:
Jerusalem / Fr. Bargil Pixner, O.S.B. -- Before the City Existed: First Steps -- Between Sea and Desert: The Fertile Crescent -- International Routes in the Fertile Crescent: Via Maris and the King's Highway -- Jerusalem and the International Routes -- "The Mountains Round About Jerusalem" -- Water Sources in Jerusalem and Environs -- Cultivated Land and Agriculture -- Foundation of the City -- Names of the City Through the Ages -- Canaanite Jerusalem: From Yqr'm to Araunah (3000-1000 BCE) -- The First Thousand Years -- Yqr'm and Ss'n, Kings of Jerusalem in the Period of the Execration Texts (20th-18th century BCE) -- Melchizedek, King of Shalem, Priest of God Most High -- The Patriarch Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac--Mount Moriah -- Abdi Heb/pa, Ruler of Jerusalem: The El-Amarna Period (14th century BCE) -- The City-state of Jerusalem -- Jerusalem on the Eve of Joshua's Conquest: The Kingdom of Adoni-zedek (13th century BCE) -- Jerusalem-Jebus, a Hittite and Amorite City: The Kingdom of Araunah (12th-11th century BCE) -- Jerusalem in the First Temple Period: The House of David, from David to Zedekiah (1000-586 BCE) -- From Jebus to the City of David -- From Capital City to Royal Temple and Royal Seat -- Solomon Builds the First Temple -- The City Expands Westward, to the Upper Hills: From Jehoshaphat to the Destruction of the First Temple -- Water in Time of Siege: Warren's Shaft, the Siloam Channel, Hezekiah's Tunnel -- Palaces Outside the City -- The Necropolis: Tombs of Jerusalem's Kings and Aristocracy.
Summary: Traces the history of the city of Jerusalem from its foundation 5,000 years ago to the present, discussing important individuals who contributed to the city's character, and presenting conflicting views on such issues as the location of the Praetorium and the disappearance of the tombstones of the Crusader kings from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The text is accompanied throughout by hundreds of drawings and black and white photographs of the city.
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library Reference (1st floor - front of library) RES G2239.J4S1 B4 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001861505

"Copyright 2000, 2002, Carta, The Israel Map and Publishing Company, Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Jerusalem / Fr. Bargil Pixner, O.S.B. -- Before the City Existed: First Steps -- Between Sea and Desert: The Fertile Crescent -- International Routes in the Fertile Crescent: Via Maris and the King's Highway -- Jerusalem and the International Routes -- "The Mountains Round About Jerusalem" -- Water Sources in Jerusalem and Environs -- Cultivated Land and Agriculture -- Foundation of the City -- Names of the City Through the Ages -- Canaanite Jerusalem: From Yqr'm to Araunah (3000-1000 BCE) -- The First Thousand Years -- Yqr'm and Ss'n, Kings of Jerusalem in the Period of the Execration Texts (20th-18th century BCE) -- Melchizedek, King of Shalem, Priest of God Most High -- The Patriarch Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac--Mount Moriah -- Abdi Heb/pa, Ruler of Jerusalem: The El-Amarna Period (14th century BCE) -- The City-state of Jerusalem -- Jerusalem on the Eve of Joshua's Conquest: The Kingdom of Adoni-zedek (13th century BCE) -- Jerusalem-Jebus, a Hittite and Amorite City: The Kingdom of Araunah (12th-11th century BCE) -- Jerusalem in the First Temple Period: The House of David, from David to Zedekiah (1000-586 BCE) -- From Jebus to the City of David -- From Capital City to Royal Temple and Royal Seat -- Solomon Builds the First Temple -- The City Expands Westward, to the Upper Hills: From Jehoshaphat to the Destruction of the First Temple -- Water in Time of Siege: Warren's Shaft, the Siloam Channel, Hezekiah's Tunnel -- Palaces Outside the City -- The Necropolis: Tombs of Jerusalem's Kings and Aristocracy.

Traces the history of the city of Jerusalem from its foundation 5,000 years ago to the present, discussing important individuals who contributed to the city's character, and presenting conflicting views on such issues as the location of the Praetorium and the disappearance of the tombstones of the Crusader kings from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The text is accompanied throughout by hundreds of drawings and black and white photographs of the city.

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