Mount Sinai

Name: Mount Sinai
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ISBN: 9780292730946

ISBN-10: 0292730942

ISBN-13: 9780292730946

Edition: 1995

Authors: Joseph J. Hobbs

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Amid the high mountains of Egypt' southern Sinai Peninsula stands Jebel Musa, "Mount Moses," revered by most Christians and Muslims as Mount Sinai. (Jewish tradition holds that Mount Sinai should remain terra incognita, unlocated, and does not associate it with this mountain.) In this fascinating study, Joseph Hobbs draws on geography and archaeology, Biblical and Quranic accounts, and the experiences of people ranging from Christian monks to Bedouin shepherds to casual tourists to explore why this mountain came to be revered as a sacred place and how that very perception now threatens its fragile ecology and its sense of holy solitude. After discussing the physical characteristics of…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 6/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Conversions and Transliteration


Introduction



""A Terrible And Waste-Howling Wilderness""



""You Will Worship God On This Mountain""



The Heavenly Citizenship



The Monastery Of Saint Katherine



The Christian Landscape



The People Of The Mountain



The Bedouin Way Of Life



The Pilgrim



The Traveler



The Tourist



The New Golden Calf


Conclusion


Notes


References Cited


Index