Four Paths to Jerusalem

Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Secular Pilgrimages, 1000 BCE to 2001 CE

Hunt Janin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2006 | 2nd Revised edition
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2730-7 (ISBN)

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Concentrates on Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and secular pilgrimages to Jerusalem, drawing from over 165 accounts of travels to the ancient city. Chapters focus on 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, and more.

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.

Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies.

Table of Contents

List of Maps viii

Preface

Introduction

I. Ghostly and Other Pilgrims

II. A Primer on the Importance of Jerusalem

III. The Old City

IV. Beginnings of the Jerusalem Pilgrimage: The First and Second Temples (c. 1000 BCE–63 BCE)

V. Pilgrims Under Roman and Byzantine Rule (63 BCE–638 CE)

VI. The Early Islamic Period: Christian and Muslim Pilgrimages (638–1095)

VII. "A Pilgrimage in Arms": The First Crusade and Its Aftermath (1095–1187)

VIII. More Crusades and More Pilgrims: The Ayyubid and Mamluk Dynasties (1187–1517)

IX. Pilgrimages Under Ottoman Rule (1517–1917)

X. Pilgrimages During the British Mandate and Under the Israelis (1917–2001)

XI. A Summing-Up: “Unity in Diversity” and the Symbolism of the Journey

Selected Chronology

Appendix I. Selected List of Accounts Cited, in Chronological Order

Appendix II. The Destruction of the Herodian Temple: An Account by Flavius Josephus, 70 CE

Appendix III. The Travels of St. Willibald, 720–726

Appendix IV. List of the Presents Brought Home from Jerusalem by Nompar de Caumont, 1420

Appendix V. Instructions for Christian Pilgrims, c. 1484

Appendix VI. Balfour and the Zionists

Appendix VII. Reports by Albright Fellows, 1990-2000

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

List of Maps

Israel today (CIA World Factbook 2000)

Circular map of the world, thirteenth century (The British Library)

Jerusalem: the Old City (Eklectica Graphic Design)

Mini-map from Bernhard von Breydenbach's map of Jerusalem, 1486

(Courtesy of the Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine)

Medieval “T in O” map (Eklectica Graphic Design)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.5.2006
Zusatzinfo	44 photographs, maps, chronology
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	0-7864-2730-2 / 0786427302
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2730-7 / 9780786427307
Zustand	Neuware