Bibliograph

Nine quarters of Jerusalem, a new biography of the Old City, Matthew Teller

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Nine quarters of Jerusalem, a new biography of the Old City, Matthew Teller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nine quarters of Jerusalem

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1292706310

Responsibility statement

Matthew Teller

Sub title

a new biography of the Old City

Summary

"This unique, absorbing biography of the city brings to light its overlooked histories and diverse contemporary voices. In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. The Old City has never had "four quarters" as its maps proclaim. And beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, many of its quarters are little known to visitors, its people ignored and their stories untold. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging from ancient past to political present, it evokes the city's depth and cultural diversity. Matthew Teller's highly original "biography" features not just Jerusalem's Palestinian and Jewish communities, but its African and Indian voices, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac communities, its downtrodden Dom-gypsy families and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem's holiness and the ideas-often startlingly secular-that have shaped lives within its walls. It is an evocation of place through story, led by the voices of Jerusalemites"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

City of Icebergs : an introduction to Jerusalem -- The subdivisions are unimportant : how Jerusalem was quartered -- A product of British imagination : stories of Jerusalem's walls -- Living in eternity : a story of placement and displacement -- In movement is blessing : stories of Bab al-Amoud / Damascus Gate -- The Stations of the Cross : stories from the pilgrim way -- Under Stork Tower : stories of Bab az-Zahra/Herod's Gate -- Everything but his face : stories of Sufi Jerusalem -- From the women of Dom : stories of Bab al-Asbat/Lions Gate -- Aladdin Street : stories of slavery and freedom -- Do not be frivolous : stories of Bab ar-Rahma/Golden Gate -- Suddenly I see everything : stories of remarkable women -- The fig tree of Maslohi : stories of Bab al-Magharba/Dung Gate -- A just and happy place : stories from the Jewish Quarter -- When I speak in Armenian : stories of Bab an-Nabi Dawoud/Zion Gate -- This original man : a story of liberation -- The invisible clocktower : stories of Bab al-Khalil/Jaffa Gate -- On the Champs-Élysées : stories from Christian Quarter Road -- A voice coming out from Jerusalem : a story of Bab al-Jadid/New Gate -- Epilogue: A New Jerusalem

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