Four Paths to Jerusalem
Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Secular Pilgrimages, 1000 BCE to 2001 CE
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About the Book
Jerusalem has long been one of the most sought-after destinations for the followers of three world faiths and for secularists alike. For Jews, it has the Western (Wailing) Wall; for Christians, it is where Christ suffered and triumphed; for Muslims, it offers the Dome of the Rock; and for secularists, it is an archeological challenge and a place of tragedy and beauty.
This work concentrates on Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and secular pilgrimages to Jerusalem over the last three millennia, drawing from over 165 accounts of travels to the ancient city. Chapters are devoted to ghostly and other pilgrims, the significance of Jerusalem, the beginnings of the pilgrimage in the time of kings David and Solomon, pilgrimages under Roman and Byzantine rule, Christian and Muslim pilgrimages in the early Islamic period, pilgrimages in the First Crusade and its aftermath, more crusades and pilgrims during the Ayyubid and Mamluk dynasties, pilgrimages under Ottoman rule, pilgrimages under the British and Israelis, and the unity among pilgrims and the symbolism of the journey.
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Bibliographic Details
Hunt Janin
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 272
Bibliographic Info: 44 photos, maps, notes, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2006 [2002]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-2730-7
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0880-8
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
List of Maps viii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
I. Ghostly and Other Pilgrims 9
II. A Primer on the Importance of Jerusalem 19
III. The Old City 36
IV. Beginnings of the Jerusalem Pilgrimage: The First and Second Temples (c. 1000 BCE–63 BCE) 42
V. Pilgrims Under Roman and Byzantine Rule (63 BCE–638 CE) 50
VI. The Early Islamic Period: Christian and Muslim Pilgrimages (638–1095) 69
VII. “A Pilgrimage in Arms”: The First Crusade and Its Aftermath (1095–1187) 86
VIII. More Crusades and More Pilgrims: The Ayyubid and Mamluk Dynasties (1187–1517) 110
IX. Pilgrimages Under Ottoman Rule (1517–1917) 148
X. Pilgrimages During the British Mandate and Under the Israelis (1917–2001) 187
XI. A Summing-Up: “Unity in Diversity” and the Symbolism of the Journey 202
Selected Chronology 207
Appendix I. Selected List of Accounts Cited, in Chronological Order 215
Appendix II. The Destruction of the Herodian Temple: An Account by Flavius Josephus, 70 CE 217
Appendix III. The Travels of St. Willibald, 720–726 219
Appendix IV. List of the Presents Brought Home from Jerusalem by Nompar de Caumont, 1420 221
Appendix V. Instructions for Christian Pilgrims, c. 1484 223
Appendix VI. Balfour and the Zionists 225
Appendix VII. Reports by Albright Fellows, 1990-2000 227
Notes 229
Selected Bibliography 249
Index 259
List of Maps
Israel today (CIA World Factbook 2000) 2
Circular map of the world, thirteenth century (The British Library) 17
Jerusalem: the Old City (Eklectica Graphic Design) 37
Mini-map from Bernhard von Breydenbach’s map of Jerusalem, 1486
(Courtesy of the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine) 138
Medieval “T in O” map (Eklectica Graphic Design) 171
Book Reviews & Awards
“rich with historical details”—Catholic Library World.
