The Temple of Jerusalem / / Simon Goldhill.
It was destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millenn...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Wonders of the world : 20
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1 A MONUMENT OF THE IMAGINATION -- 2 SOLOMON’S TEMPLE: THE GLORY AND THE DESTRUCTION -- 3 REBUILDING THE TEMPLE: A VISION FROM EXILE -- 4 HEROD’S TEMPLE: A WONDER OF THE WORLD -- 5 THE TEMPLE OF THE SCHOLARS: A BUILDING OF WORDS -- 6 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE -- 7 CALIPHS AND CRUSADERS -- 8 THE ARTIST’S EYE -- 9 TRAVELLERS’ TALES -- 10 ARCHAEOLOGY AND IMPERIALISM -- 11 THE TEMPLE AS MYTH: FREEMASONS AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR -- 12 THE TEMPLE IS OURS! -- MAKING A VISIT ? -- FURTHER READING -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- DATING SCHEMES AND TRANSLATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX |
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Summary: | It was destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millennia, emerges in all its historical, cultural, and religious significance in Simon Goldhill's account. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674063570 9783110442212 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674063570 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Simon Goldhill. |