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Simon Goldhill.
The Temple of Jerusalem.
Published London: Profile Books, 2004.
Series: Wonders of the World.
ISBN 1861976038;
ISBN-13: 9781861976031.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays, Bungay.
Size: 142x207x20mm.
Page count: 195pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear at the edges and corners; previous owner’s address sticker on the front endpaper, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Harvard U.P. edn. in print at $19.95]
Weight without packaging: 354g.

How to order this book

No medieval emphasis. Contents: A monument of the imagination; Solomon’s temple — glory & destruction; Rebuilding the temple — vision from exile; Herod's temple — a wonder of the world; Temple of the scholars; Your body is a temple; Caliphs & crusaders; The artist's eye; Travellers' tales; Archaeology & imperialism; Temple as myth — Freemasons & Knights Templar; 'The Temple is Ours!'
Appendices: Making a visit?; Dating schemes & translations.

Illustrations: 28, monochrome
Maps & plans: 5

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes

See also | Hebraica | Islam | Crusades | Archaeology |
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