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God's Mountain:

The Temple Mount in Time, Place and Memory
  • ISBN-13: 9780801882135
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Yaron Z. Eliav
  • Price: AUD $113.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/2006
  • Format: Hardback 392 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Judaism [HRJ]
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This provocative study of Jerusalem's Temple Mount unravels popular scholarly paradigms about the origins of this contested sacred site and its significance in Jewish and Christian traditions.

List of IllustrationsPrefaceA Note on Translation and TransliterationIntroduction1. Transmuting Realities: From David to Herod, From Micah to Josephus2. Locus Memoriae: The Temple Mount and the Early Followers of Jesus and James3. Delusive Landscapes: From Jerusalem to Aelia4. A Lively Ruin: The Temple Mount in Byzantine Jerusalem5. The New Mountain in Christian Homiletics6. The Temple Mount, the Rabbis, and the Poetics of MemoryAfterword: A Mount without a TempleAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyPrimary SourcesScholarly WorksIndex of Ancient CitationsGeneral Index

""This book means to awaken an important scholarly debate and it deserves to succeed.""

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