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02693aam a2200397 i 4500 001 736E6A26580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170228s2017 xx a b 000 0 eng c 020 $a 9789774168420 020 $a 9774168429 035 $a (OCoLC)974020957 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d TOH $d ERASA $d LOA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IQU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a awba--- 050 4 $a DS109.9 $b J47 2017 082 04 $a 800 245 02 $a A Jerusalem Anthology: $b travel writing through the centuries / $c edited by T.J. Gorton, Andree Feghali Gorton. 264 1 $a Cairo ; $b The American University in Cairo Press, $c 2017. 300 $a 157 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 17 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page [153]-156). 520 8 $a Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The name includes a cognate for 'peace, ' but the old stones of the city have witnessed epic bloodshed and destruction over the centuries. 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. 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. 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. Memoirs of visitors such as as sixth-century AD pilgrim Saint Silvia of Bordeaux, medieval Jerusalemite al-Muqaddasi, Grand Tour voyagers Gustave Flaubert and Alexander Kinglake, the humorous Mark Twain, or the cynical T.E. Lawrence provide vivid and sometimes disturbing vignettes of the Holy City at very different times in its tumultuous history. 650 7 $a TRAVEL / Middle East / Israel. $2 bisacsh 651 0 $a Jerusalem $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Jerusalem $x Sources. $x Sources. 651 0 $a Jerusalem $x Literary collections. 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 7 $a Middle East $z Jerusalem. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01216276 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Literary collections. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423811 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 700 1 $a Gorton, T. J. $q (Ted J.), $e editor. 700 1 $a Gorton, AndreÌe Feghali, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211022731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=736E6A26580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search