A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries Gorton T. J.Pevná vazba
A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries Gorton T. J.Pevná vazba Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The three great monotheistic…
Specifikacia A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries Gorton T. J.Pevná vazba
A Jerusalem Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries Gorton T. J.Pevná vazba
Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The three great monotheistic religions all regard it with especial fervor, and it has for at least two millennia attracted pilgrims intent on seeing it before they die. The name includes a cognate for 'peace, ' but the old stones of the city have witnessed epic bloodshed and destruction over the centuries.
A Jerusalem Anthology takes us on a journey through a city, not just of illusion and powerful accumulated religious emotion, but of colors, lights, smells, and sounds, an inhabited city as it was directly experienced and lived in through the ages. This rich and compelling anthology of travelers' writings attempts to convey something of the diverse experiences of visitors to this most complex and enigmatic of cities. Memoirs of visitors such as as sixth-century AD pilgrim Saint Silvia of