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Jerusalem : in the shadow of heaven

Title: Jerusalem : in the shadow of heaven / directed and edited by David Cohen and Lee Liberman ; text by Susan Wels ; designed by Tom Morgan ; director of photography, Peter Howe.
Author: Wels, Susan.
Publication: San Francisco : CollinsPublishers, 1996.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	DS109.2 .W45 1996	Off-site

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191 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 32 cm

Summary

Jerusalem, sacred center of three great religions, holds a special place in the hearts of nearly two billion people around the globe. On the brink of Jerusalem's 3000th anniversary celebrations, fifty of the world's foremost photojournalists gathered to document life in the densely complex city steeped in history, myth and passion.
The photographers - representing the world's top publications and over a dozen nations - captured the crowded markets and ancient alleyways of the Old City and the vibrant modern rhythms of the New. They explored the new Jewish neighborhoods that dot the hills surrounding the city center and the schools, homes, and card rooms of Arab East Jerusalem.
They photographed fourth-century churches, eighth-century mosques, eighteenth-century shtetl life in Mea Shearim and twenty-first-century technology - all within a few miles' radius. In one city, they found the walls of the Second Jewish Temple destroyed by the Roman legions, the site of Christ's crucifixion, and Mohammed's stopping off place on his way to heaven.

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ISBN

0002250950

LCCN

95043359

OCLC

ocm33861929

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Columbia University Libraries