Jerusalem was the object of intense study and devotion throughout the Middle Ages. This collection of essays illuminates ways in which the city was represented by Christians in Western Europe, c. 700-
Based on a true story, "Jerusalem Diary: Searching for the Tomb and House of Jesus "is an adventurous journey of intrigue and discovery in the Holy Land. After finishing her PhD, Joanna joins two Aust
In From Jerusalem to the Lion of Judah and Beyond, author Steven Carol provides a comprehensive understanding of Israel's foreign policy, as well as its historic relationship with East Africa.Carol co
This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolomitanorum, the earliest known Latin account of the First Cru
This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolomitanorum, the earliest known Latin account of the First Cru
Intent on realizing her late husband's vision, Dorothy de Rothschild first offered to provide funding for a new building housing the Supreme Court of Israel in the 1960s. In 1983 the offer was serious
The series this book belongs to presents new translations of primary sources relating to the crusades, but Pringle (history, archaeology, and religion; Cardiff U., Wales) finds a close enough link bet
Jones (history and classics, Baylor U.) has substantially revised and amplified his May 2006 PhD dissertation in ancient history and Mediterranean archaeology at the University of California-Berkeley,
For five horrifying years in Vilna, the Vilna ghetto, and concentration camps in Estonia, Herman Kruk recorded his own experiences as well as the life and death of the Jewish community of the city sym
One morning late in May, between three and six A.M., a group of lonely men and women wait to be brought together, like the elements in an equation. Ernst Spengler is about to throw himself out his wi
