Research Catalog

Title

The Upper Room and tomb of David : the history, art, and archaeology of the Cenacle on Mount Zion / David Christian Clausen.

Author

Clausen, David Christian, 1959-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Description

xiii, 268 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 23 cm

Summary

"It's been a church, a mosque and a synagogue. Jesus is said to have dined there. James, his brother, is believed to have been interred there. King David may be buried beneath its floor. The subject of intense speculation by both scholars and the faithful, the Cenacle on Mount Zion has remained a mystery for centuries"--

Subject

• David, King of Israel
• David, King of Israel > Tomb
• Tomb of David (Jerusalem)
• Cenacle (Jerusalem)
• Tombs
• Zion, Mount (Jerusalem)
• Middle East > Mount Zion
• Tomb

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

History and art -- The Second Temple and late Roman periods -- The early Byzantine period and the construction of Hagia Sion -- The later Byzantine period -- The period of the Persian and Arab conquests -- The Crusader period -- The Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods -- The later Mamluk period -- From the Ottoman period to modern times -- Archaeology -- The archaeology of Mount Zion from 30 to 135 CE -- The archaeology of the adjacent churches on Mount Zion -- The archaeology of the Cenacle -- The origin of the Cenacle -- Was the Cenacle built as a Jewish synagogue? -- Was the Cenacle built as a pagan Mithraeum? -- Was the Cenacle built as a Christian church?

ISBN

• 9781476663050 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 147666305X (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9781476624433 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016014873

OCLC

• 933590554
• SCSB-10840712

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library