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A carregar... Jerusalem. The biography (edição 2011)por Simon Sebag Montefiore
Informação Sobre a ObraJerusalem: The Biography por Simon Sebag-Montefiore
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Jerusalém, a cidade universal, é capital de dois povos e lugar santo para três religiões. Jerusalém, o prémio dos impérios e o local previsto para o dia do Juízo Final, é o campo de batalha do actual choque de civilizações. Desde o rei David até Barack Obama, desde o nascimento do judaísmo, do cristianismo e do islão até ao conflito israelo-palestiniano, este livro é uma narrativa épica de 3000 anos de fé, de matanças, de fanatismo e de coexistência. Como foi que esta pequena e longínqua cidade veio a ser a Cidade Santa, o «centro do mundo», e é hoje um elemento essencial da paz no Médio Oriente?
This is not an account of daily life or humble devotions. It’s a little like learning about the American West by watching a John Wayne movie: everyone is a gunslinger or a sheriff, with nameless extras diving under the bar when trouble starts. Still, for a book that spans 3,000 years, it does a remarkably inclusive job. Montefiore's narrative is remarkably objective when considering his own family's close links with Jewish Jerusalem. One might quibble with certain details, but overall it is a reliable and compelling account, with many interesting points. Nonetheless, this is compendious and fleet-footed history of a city where the glorification of God has always been built on bloodied soil. Pertence à Série da EditoraPrémiosDistinctions
Referências a esta obra em recursos externos. Wikipédia em inglês (17)Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgment Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the "center of the world" and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalem's biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women -- kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores -- who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem. As well as the many ordinary Jerusalemites who have left their mark on the city, its cast varies from Solomon, Saladin and Suleiman the Magnificent to Cleopatra, Caligula and Churchill; from Abraham to Jesus and Muhammad; from the ancient world of Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod and Nero to the modern times of the Kaiser, Disraeli, Mark Twain, Lincoln, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia and Moshe Dayan. Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetime's study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that many believe will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twice -- in heaven and on earth. - Publisher. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)956.9442History and Geography Asia Middle East The Levant Israel and Palestine Jerusalem District JerusalemClassificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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