books about: jerusalem     books:       From Beirut to Jerusalem: Revised Edition178 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991 From Beirut to Jerusalem Review The book was in very good condition and arrived promptly. I'm so pleased I may order additional copies.             From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions14 reviews Ruth A. Tucker Zondervan, 2004 Informative, Entertaining and Eloquent The book is well organized and easy to use. The content is well researched and concise without feeling rushed and choppy. In stark contrast to most surveys of missiological history, the author actually keeps her audience's attention from front to back. Also a contrast to many missions biographies, Tucker finds the balance between a book that reads like fiction and one that reads like an ...             O Jerusalem!31 reviews Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre Simon & Schuster, 2007 Gripping, Narrative-style History at its Best Having read thousands of pages on the middle east conflict (including the more standard "advocacy" (propaganda) and academic texts) and I can safely say this book is the most riveting and informative of them all. The authors come across more as storytellers than as lecturers, offering the history in a narrative style that reads like a particularly dramatic novel. The authors devote more or less ...             The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition24 reviews Doubleday, 2000 Fresh, literary translation "Come in, let us bow, prostrate ourselves, and kneel in front of Yahweh our maker, for this is our God, and we are the people he pastures, the flock that he guides." - Ps 95 I love the freshness of this translation.             Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths26 reviews Karen Armstrong Ballantine Books, 1997 Highly informative, yet entertaining! This book provides a very balanced view of the factors leading to the present day situation in Jerusalem. Although somewhat heavy on the religious influences, not inappropriately so, since this is what made Jerusalem what it is today. I would have liked to have learned more about the situation with the Armenians in that quarter of the city throughout the turmoil of the last few hundred years. The ...             Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict16 reviews Amy Dockser Marcus Viking Adult, 2007 Explaining why history happens If you're hoping to gain some answers on why the Middle East situation is as it is and just how it came about then this is the book to get. It's informative and interesting. Alongside descriptions of the political power players of the century are equally entertaining insight into the sights and smells of Jerusalem. This book does the job of any great history book.. it brought it alive. In ...             A Woman in Jerusalem20 reviews A. B. Yehoshua Harvest Books, 2007 A Modern Classic! Yulia Rageyev was a Soviet immigrant to Jersualem, Israel. She was married and divorced mother of a troubled teenage son. Not much is known about her because she was an unidentified victim of a suicide bombing in Jersualem, her adopted hometown. A journalist and a bakery manager are on a mission to learn more about her life despite the lack of information. All they have is a pay stub from the ...             The New Jerusalem Bible: Standard edition88 reviews Henry Wansbrough Doubleday, 1999 His Holy Name!! This translation is inspiring! One of the few translations to include the Holy Name Yahweh. I regret that possible future editions will revert back to using Lord rather than using Yahweh. Get this treasure while you can.             Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Classics)5 reviews Hannah Arendt Penguin Classics, 2006 A Classic that Elaborates on the Genocide of Jews and Others I am delighted to see this classic back in print. Jewish author Hannah Arendt has provided a wealth of timeless information that goes far beyond the trial of the German war criminal Adolf Eichmann. This review is based on the original (1964) edition. Arendt (p. 39) gives the readers a taste of the scale of the Kristallnacht (November 1938): 7,500 Jewish shop windows broken, all synagogues ...             Back To Jerusalem18 reviews Paul Hattaway Authentic, 1969 Lessons in obedience Hattaway has translated and edited the personal narratives of three Chinese house church leaders explaining the origin of the "Back To Jerusalem " evangelism, its status and vision. Their journies have been marked by extreme suffering and miraculous preservation. For western Christians like myself the most helpful portions of this account are those which list the characteristics and labors of ...             Streetwise Jerusalem Map - Laminated Center City Street Map of Jerusalem, Israel - Folding pocket size travel ...3 reviews Streetwise Maps Streetwise Maps, 2008 Hands-down best map! I used this map in Israel in 2003 and LOVED it -- and was in fact the envy of my class. I left it with a friend only on condition that she return it to me immediately upon returning to the states, and even then it was tough to leave behind. Anyway, since the other reviewer didn't like it, it seemed important to add a voice from the other side. It's laminated and foldy, like FastMaps, and while it ...             The Jerusalem Scrolls: A Novel of the Struggle for Jerusalem (The Zion Legacy, Book 4)10 reviews Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Get a new perspective of Jesus and Mary Magdalene You really need to read this book to understand what tremendous writers the Thoneses are. They tell the story of Mary Magdalene, her pain and transformation, the way it might have been. It is amazing how many stories and people of the New Testament are expertly woven into this story which keeps you facinated as you catch onto who you are actually reading about. (The names of people are slightly ...             Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred5 reviews Philip Bess Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 a marvellous vision of how the world should build If the following paraphrase is not too crude a summary of Philip Bess' brilliant synthesis in this book, the author believes that we all carry a kind of moral DNA within us which not only urges us not to murder but not to allow urban sprawl to devour our landscape and kill our authentic civic life. How ironic that we Americans hunger for the beauty of European small towns, for example, but don't ...             Knights of Jerusalem: The Crusading Order of Hospitallers 1100-1565 (World of the Warrior)2 reviews David Nicolle Osprey Publishing, 2008 Knights Hospitaller (1) 1100-1306 The Knights Hospitaller is one of the Ospery warrior collection and it is a wealth of information on the who, what, where and why of the Knights Hospitaller, the lesser known but equally important order of knights that fought for the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Cursades. Do not let the comic book look fool you the illustrations are just a minor part of the excellent writing, research ...             Jerusalem: City of Longing Simon Goldhill Belknap Press, 2008 Jerusalem is the site of some of the most famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. Since the nineteenth century, the city has been a premier tourist destination, not least because of the countless religious pilgrims from the three Abrahamic faiths. But Jerusalem is more than a tourist site—it is a city where every square mile is layered with ...             Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora (The Biblical Resource Series) John Joseph Collins Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 A landmark study of Hellenistic Judaism by one of the world's recognized experts--now fully revised and updated. One of the most creative and consequential collisions in Western culture involved the encounter of Judaism with Hellenism. In his widely acclaimed study of the intellectual and moral relationship between "Athens and Jerusalem," John J. Collins examines the literature of Hellenistic Judaism, treating not only the introductory ...             Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations (Vintage)13 reviews Martin Goodman Vintage, 2008 Chance, Incompetence, and Politics in the Destruction of the Temple When I saw that Martin Goodman had written a book devoted to events surrounding the so-called "Jewish war" of 66-70, I expected to be impressed. I have not been disappointed. Goodman writes as an historian. This means, among other things, that he makes a serious effort to bring the past before us for its own sake, and at least partly for the mere delight of examining it. So, in the former ...             Jerusalem's Hope (The Zion Legacy, Book VI)8 reviews Brock Thoene, Bodie Thoene Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 The Thoene's continue to surprise!! I am simply amazed at the incredible knowledge I have learned from this book. It is simply a wonderful read. From the telling of this story, I have learned about the Jewish faith and it's Passover and also about the belief they have in the coming of their "Messiah" which is prophesized throughout the Torah. After being a Sunday School teacher for 17 years, this says alot for the Thoene's. ...             Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Eyewitness Travel Guides)5 reviews DK Publishing DK Travel, 2007 The Best!! Eyewitness travel books are always the best. Great photos and diagrams. We have a huge collection.             The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City22 reviews Dore Gold Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007 A politically charged yet thoughtfully reasoned exhortation Former Israel ambassador to the U.N. (among his many other credentials) Dore Gold presents The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the future of the Holy City, a serious-minded discussion of the future of Jerusalem, a city holy to Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The Fight for Jerusalem makes a convincing argument that for Jerusalem to be a free city where all faiths can be practiced, ...              search for books 1100-1565, ancient, arab-israeli, architecture, banality, biblical, biographical, christian, civilizations, classics, conflict, crusading, diaspora, eichmann, eyewitness, folding, hellenistic, hospitallers, identity, jerusalem, laminated, longing, missions, radical, resource, standard, streetwise, struggle, urbanism, vintage books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Capel 3622 9' 6" x 9' 6" Round Jade Rug home  impressum - about us