City of the Great King

Download or read book City of the Great King written by Nitza Rosovsky and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent volume brings to life the great and ancient drama of the world's holiest city. Mining the rich evidence of this remarkable history, the world-renowned authors gathered here conjure the Holy City as it has appeared in antique Hebrew texts; in the testimony of Jewish and Christian pilgrims and in art; in medieval Islamic literature and in Western nineteenth-century accounts; in maps, mosaics and architecture through the ages.