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Jerusalem - City of Mirrors (Paperback, Main)
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Jerusalem - City of Mirrors (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R600
Discovery Miles 6 000
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'A brilliantly illuminating book.' Philip Roth Jerusalem: City of
Mirrors is an absorbing contemplation of the fabled city which for
the Western mind remains as much a myth as a physical reality.
First published in 1990, Amos Elon's elegant, dazzling biography of
Jerusalem gives a profound insight into the kaleidoscopic culture
of this eternally magical city. Battle-scarred from four thousand
years of violent conflict, the holy city is a sacred symbol of
Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and its religious wars of today
reflect those of the past - Arab versus Jew, orthodox versus
secular, continuity versus change. 'Elon's Jerusalem is both a
learned book and a charming one ... He places us before a veritable
many-layered mountain of myth and history, a compressed symbol of
our most sublime aspirations along with our most disgusting,
hatefully brainless excursions into religious bigotry and
fratricide. It is a book as complex and surprising as the city
itself.' Arthur Miller 'A superbly readable study.'Jewish Chronicle
'A book which should be read by all.' Catholic Herald
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