[eBook Code] Jerusalem (eBook Code, 1st)

About this Book vii

Acknowledgments xiii

Maps xvi

Part I Introducing Jerusalem 1

1 Location, Recent History, Demography 3

2 Cities Within 14

3 Communities and Meanings 24

Part II Biblical City 35

4 “Holy City”: A Clarification of Terms 37

5 The Making of a Memorable Place 47

6 Kings, Priests, and the Politics of “One God Alone” 59

7 Kinship, Covenant, and Sectarian Divide 70

8 City and Scenario 82

Part III Imperial City 93

9 Constantine’s Hagiapolis Hierousalem 95

10 Pax Christiana sive Islamica 103

11 Arab Conquest 114

12 City of the Holy House (Madinat Bayt al‐Maqdis) 122

13 The Kingdom of Jerusalem: Of Warlords, Popes, and Preachers of Jihad 135

Part IV Modern City 147

14 Ottoman Kudus 149

15 Ethnic Separation, Partition, and Division 160

16 Unholy City 169

Jerusalem: A Timeline 184

References 214

Index 232