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This book is a fascinating exploration of an enduring mystery: How did a small city that is inherently difficult to defend from attack, that lies far from key trade routes and vital bodies of water, and that has never boasted an essential commercial or strategic reason being, capture the imagination of Judaism, Christianity and Islam for the past three millennia? The answers to this enigma unfold with brilliant style and lively erudition in the pages of a book reviewers have called a "sweeping and eloquent meditation" and a "masterful biography of a city." Elon describes a city that is crowded with memory and filled with the often strident voices of competing historical and religious claims. Even its sacred sites are perched so near each other that collisions are inevitable. Elon's narrative is structured like an archaeological dig: layer upon layer of historical evidence is unearthed as he assembles legend, memory, geography, travelogue, and autobiography into an interpretative portrait that informs and entertains us. With Jerusalem's status an ongoing source of contention in the Middle East, Elon has updated the book to reflect conflicts that grip the region today.

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Amos Elon (1926-2009) was an essayist, journalist and historian. He was born in Vienna, immigrating to Palestine when a child in 1933. He was for long considered one of Israel's leading journalists. Never a mere votary of Zionism, he finally moved to Tuscany when his disillusionment became closer to despair. Inevitably branded 'a self-hating jew' he once on television snapped at a reactionary accuser, 'I don't hate myself, I just hate Jews like you.'

The author of nine books, Faber Finds is reissuing four of them: Founder; The Israelis; Jerusalem and Herzl

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International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world.

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  • PublisherKodansha America, Inc
  • Publication date1995
  • ISBN 10 1568360991
  • ISBN 13 9781568360997
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number2
  • Number of pages288
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