Rock A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem

Name: Rock A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem
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ISBN: 9780375700781

ISBN-10: 0375700781

ISBN-13: 9780375700781

Edition: N/A

Authors: Kanan Makiya

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The Rock of Jerusalem is one of the world’s most spiritually resonant and politically contentious sites: where Adam first stepped upon leaving Paradise, Abraham attempted to sacrifice Isaac, Jesus preached, and Muhammad began his night journey to heaven,. Sorting through the rubble of the three competing faiths, Kanan Makiya has woven a vivid tapestry from centuries of legend and belief to imagine the origins of Islam’s first monument, the Dome of the Rock. A narrative of mythic power, The Rock offers a grand tour of seventh-century Jerusalem and–by reminding us of how much Jews and Muslims once shared–serves as a bracing talisman for our times.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Kanan Makiya was born in Baghdad. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including "Republic of Fear" & "The Monument" (both originally published under a pseudonym), & the award-winning "Cruelty & Silence". He currently directs the Iraq Research & Documentation Project at Harvard University & teaches at Brandeis University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.



In the Name of God ...


Prologue


The Rock of Foundation


Locusts and Christians


Medina


The Fundaments of the Universe


The Conquest Foretold


Coming to Jerusalem


The Black Stone


The Turmoil of Ka'b


The Sins of David


The Rock of Sacrifice


Sophronius


Tour of the City


The New Temple


Adam's Tomb


The Rock of the Cross


Finding the Cross


Finding the Rock


Facing Whose Rock?


Growing Up in Jerusalem


The Death of Ka'b


The Wait in the Grave


The Footprint


War of the Holy Cities


Meeting Abd al-Malik


Mecca and Jerusalem


A Moment of Decision


The Father and the Son


The Importance of Eight


Stone into Light


Building on the Rock


All Is Vanity


The Rock of Judgment


In the Name of God ...


A Historical Note on Ka'b and the Rock


Sources


Illustrations


Acknowledgments