Research Catalog

Title

Legends of Jerusalem / Zev Vilnay.

Author

Vilnay, Zev, 1900-1988

Publication

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973.

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Details

Description

xxiv, 338 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.

Summary

"These legends encompass all the three great religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Series Statement

• His The Sacred Land, v. 1
• Vilnay, Zev, 1900- Agadot Erets-Yiśraʼel. English ; v. 1.

Subject

• Legends > Jerusalem
• Jewish legends
• Tales > Jerusalem
• Jews > Folklore
• Jewish folk literature
• Jewish folk literature
• Jewish legends
• Jews
• Legends
• Tales
• Middle East > Jerusalem
• Jerusalem (Israel) > Antiquities
• Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) > Antiquities

Genre/Form

Folklore

Bibliography (note)

• "The ancient sources": p. [309]-313; "Sources of the legends": p. [315]-338.

Contents

Jerusalem: center of the world -- Dome of the rock -- The Temple court today -- Gates of the Temple court -- Moriah: the mount of God -- Patriarchs on Mount Moriah -- The Temple in its glory -- Buildings around the Temple -- The service in the Temple -- Gates of the Temple -- Names of the Temple -- Destruction of the Temple -- Fate of the Temple vessels -- The Temple of heaven -- Ancient Jerusalem -- The destruction of Jerusalem -- Jerusalem in the end of time -- Kotel ha-Maaravi: the Wailing Wall -- Prayers and synagogues -- Jerusalem: the old city -- Gates and towers -- Jerusalem: the new city -- Caves in Jerusalem -- Along the Brook of Kidron -- Valley of Jehoshaphat -- Gehinnom: place of the wicked -- Springs and fountains -- The Mount of Olives and Scopus -- Roads to Jerusalem.

ISBN

• 0827600046
• 9780827600041

LCCN

72012180

OCLC

• ocm00700305
• 700305
• SCSB-22542

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library