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008			161110s2012 enkab f b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781780220253
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082	0	4	_a956.94420099 _bSEB _222
100	1		_aSebag Montefiore, Simon, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aJerusalem : _bthe biography / _cSimon Sebag Montefiore.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPhoenix, _c2012.
300			_axliv, 720 pages : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c20 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aJerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgment Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the "center of the world" and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalem's biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women -- kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores -- who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. As well as the many ordinary Jerusalemites who have left their mark on the city, its cast varies from Solomon, Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent to Cleopatra, Caligula and Churchill; from Abraham to Jesus and Muhammad; from the ancient world of Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser, Disraeli, Mark Twain, Lincoln, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia and Moshe Dayan. Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetime's study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that many believe will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twice -- in heaven and on earth. --From publisher description.
590			_aSuzan Ashmawy ; revised by Fouad.
651		7	_aJerusalem _xHistory. _2BUEsh
651		7	_aMiddle East _zJerusalem. _2BUEsh
653			_bBUSBOL _cNovember2016 _dBestSellers
655			_vReading book
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