Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths

from DubiousDisciple

One city. Three faiths. Christians, Jews, and Muslims all lay claim to the Holy City. Armstrong's treatment is impartial as usual, more interested in promoting understanding than any one belief system. She leads us through 4,000 years of history, as this turbulent landmark in the middle of nowher...

from stillatim

When judging someone's ideas, I usually try my hardest to consider the circumstances from which they're writing. I'm usually biased towards vaguely socialist types, but I'm aware that a socialist-like idea will mean two very different things, depending on whether it's written by someone in Stalin...

from FPdC

The portuguese translation of Jerusalem: One City - Three faiths, this is an extraordinarly informative and well organized book. In about four hundred pages it take us through the rich history of that city and its inhabitants since its incontrovertible first archeological remains in the begining ...

from AuntieClio

What a fantastic history, focusing solely on the development of Jerusalem from ~2300 BCE to 1996 CE (when the book was published), Armstrong puts into context the physical, geographical, spiritual, religious and emotional reactions towards Jerusalem. My overly simplistic view of history is that i...

from wamser

Thoughtful use of the history of Jerusulem to illuminate the faiths that have called that city holy.