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The rock : a tale of seventh-century Jerusalem

Title: The rock : a tale of seventh-century Jerusalem / Kanan Makiya.
Author: Makiya, Kanan.
Publication: New York : Pantheon Books, c2001.

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Description

349 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"This historically based account of the building of the Dome of the Rock reconstructs the paths of the actual individuals whose spiritual journeys revolved around the seventh-century lore of the Rock."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

Religious fiction.
Religious fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-341).

Contents

In the Name of God -- The Rock of Foundation -- Locusts and Christians -- Medina -- The Fundaments of the Universe -- The Conquest Foretold -- Coming the 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.

ISBN

0375400877
9780375400872

LCCN

2001031400

OCLC

ocm46792747
46792747
SCSB-9699798

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library