The Land Called Holy
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The Land Called Holy

  1. 383 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Land Called Holy

About this book

From the time of Jesus, Palestine has been an integral part of the Christian experience. Not only have Christians always lived in Palestine, but more important, since the fourth century Christians gradually came to see Palestine as a Holy Land and Jerusalem as the Christian city. In this authoritative and accessible book, Robert L. Wilken discusses how Palestine became a Holy Land to Christians and how Christian ideas and feelings toward the land of the Bible evolved as they lived there and made it their own. Drawing on both primary texts and archaeological evidence, Wilken traces the Christian conception of a Holy Land from its origins in the Hebrew Bible to the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in the seventh century. He also discusses Jewish ideas of the land and the Jewish response to the Christianization of the Land of Israel.

The heart of the book considers how Jerusalem and the biblical land came to be viewed not simply as a place of pilgrimage, but as a place to live, a country with a unique history and privileged status in the Christian world. Wilken concludes with an account of Christian hopes for restoration of Jerusalem after the Muslim conquest, the continuation of Christian life under Muslim rule, and the adoption of Arabic as the language of Christian worship and thought.

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1995
eBook ISBN
9780300192292
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. C OlltCIltS
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 To Possess the Land
  5. 2 Within My Holy Borders
  6. 3 Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Possess the Land
  7. 4 Heavenly Jerusalem, the Mother of Us All
  8. 5 A New Jerusalem Facing the Renowned City of Old
  9. 6 At the Very Spot
  10. 7 Your Ancient Ruins Shall Be Rebuilt
  11. 8 The Land that I Will Show You
  12. 9 The God-Trodden Land
  13. 10 When Will the Light of Israel Be Kindled?
  14. 11 The Jerusalem Above Wept over the Jerusalem Below
  15. 12 The Desolate Amalek Rose Up to Smite Us
  16. Epilogue
  17. Select Bibliography
  18. Index

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