{"product_id":"jerusalem-one-city-three-faiths-9780345391681","title":"Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths","description":"\"SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVenerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God, traces the history of how Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all laid claim to Jerusalem as their holy place, and how three radically different concepts of holiness have shaped and scarred the city for thousands of years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmstrong unfolds a complex story of spiritual upheaval and political transformation--from King David's capital to an administrative outpost of the Roman Empire, from the cosmopolitan city sanctified by Christ to the spiritual center conquered and glorified by Muslims, from the gleaming prize of European Crusaders to the bullet-ridden symbol of the present-day Arab-Israeli conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with grace and clarity, the product of years of meticulous research, Jerusalem combines the pageant of history with the profundity of searching spiritual analysis. Like Karen Armstrong's A History of God, Jerusalem is a book for the ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"THE BEST SERIOUS, ACCESSIBLE HISTORY OF THE MOST SPIRITUALLY IMPORTANT CITY IN THE WORLD.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Baltimore Sun \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A WORK OF IMPRESSIVE SWEEP AND GRANDEUR.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345391681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.16w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/1997 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karen Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636397207708,"sku":"9780345391681","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_073455e6-e66f-478e-b778-a2128a2dc4c5.jpg?v=1603841846","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jerusalem-one-city-three-faiths-9780345391681","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}