Jerusalem - by Karen Armstrong (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The bestselling author of "A History of God" returns with a highly acclaimed history of the city that is holy for Jews, Christians and Muslims. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong shows how three radically different concepts of holiness have shaped and scarred Jerusalem over the years. of photos. Available<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>SPLENDID . . . Eminently sane and patient . . . Essential reading for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.<br>--The Washington Post <p/>Venerated 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. <p/>Armstrong 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. <p/>Written 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. <p/>THE BEST SERIOUS, ACCESSIBLE HISTORY OF THE MOST SPIRITUALLY IMPORTANT CITY IN THE WORLD.<br>--The Baltimore Sun <p/>A WORK OF IMPRESSIVE SWEEP AND GRANDEUR.<br>--Los Angeles Times Book Review<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Karen Armstrong</b> is the author of numerous books on religion, including <i>The</i> <i>Case for God</i>, <i> A History of God</i>, <i> The Battle for God</i>, <i> Holy War</i>, <i> Islam</i>, <i> Buddha</i>, and <i>Fields of Blood</i>, as well as a memoir, <i>The Spiral Staircase</i>. Her work has been translated into 45 languages. In 2008 she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It was launched globally in the fall of 2009. Also in 2008, she was awarded the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medal. In 2013, she received the British Academy's inaugural Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding.
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