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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Illustrated History SerDescription: 1 online resource (411 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780191036460
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy LandDDC classification:
  • 956.94
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Contents:
Cover -- HOLY LAND -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Birth of Israel -- The beginning of Israel: the biblical narrative -- Problems with the narrative -- Chronological framework -- Archaeological background -- The Israelite settlement: the growing debate -- The Israelite settlement: assessing the evidence -- Israel's emergence -- The Shasu and an all Israelite identity in the late 13th and early 12th centuries BCE -- The (re)emergence of local identities in the late 12th century BCE -- Stressing 'Israel' again: the 11th and early 10th centuries BCE -- Israel's development -- The Exodus group and the Exodus story -- The history of Israel -- By way of conclusion -- Chapter 2. Iron Age: Tribes to Monarchy -- Writing the history of ancient Israel -- Origins of Israel -- Samuel -- The Philistines -- Saul -- David -- Relationship of Saul and David -- Solomon -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Israel and Judah(c.931-587 BCE) -- War between Israel and Judah (c.931-881 BCE) -- The dynasty of Omri/Ahab (c.881-841) -- The dynasty of Jehu (c.841-749) -- The last kings of Israel (c.750-722) -- The kingdom of Judah alone (c.722-587) -- Chapter 4. Babylonian Exile and Restoration(587-325 BCE) -- Judah under Babylonian rule -- The Babylonian exile -- The start of Persian rule -- Constitutional arrangements -- Judah under the Persians -- Temple building -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- The fourth century -- Samaria and the Samaritans -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The Hellenistic and Roman Era -- The Hellenistic era -- The Ptolemaic era -- The Seleucid era -- The Maccabean revolt -- The Hasmoneans -- The Jewish sects -- The end of Hasmonean rule -- The Roman era -- Herod -- After Herod's death -- Turbulent times -- Jesus and his followers -- The war against Rome -- After the revolt -- The rise of rabbinic Judaism.
Chapter 6. A Christian Holy Land(284-638 CE) -- Chapter 7. The Coming of Islam -- The conquest of Palestine -- The rule of the Umayyad dynasty (661-750) -- Later dynasties: Abbasid, Tulunid, Ikhshidid, and Fatimid rule (750-1099) -- Changes in settlement patterns -- Spatial Islamization -- The effects of the political events -- The legal status of the non-Muslims -- Arabization -- Conversion to Islam -- Culture and innovation -- Chapter 8. The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid Periods(1099-1250) -- A brief historical overview of the Holy Land, 1099-1291 -- The early establishment of the Crusader states in the Holy Land -- The military Orders in the Holy Land -- Frankish religious monuments and castles: a new visual landscape -- Aspects of Frankish government and society -- The Muslim response and recovery, 1099-1187 -- Frankish-Muslim coexistence from 1099 to 1187 -- After Saladin: the Ayyubids and the Holy Land: 1193-1250 -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 9. The Holy Land from the Mamluk Sultanate to the Ottoman Empire (1260-1799) -- Defining the period -- The Turks in the Islamic world and their impact on the Holy Land -- The Mamluk institution and the formation of a Mamluk Sultanate -- The Ottomans -- A political history of the Holy Land: Mamluks (1260-1517) -- A political history of the Holy Land: Ottomans (1517-1799) -- Administration patterns and the status of the Holy Land -- Population: demographic trends and interfaith relations -- Locals, travellers, and pilgrims: narrating the Holy Land -- Chapter 10. From Napoleon to Allenby: The Holy Land and the Wider Middle East -- Chapter 11. Pilgrimage -- The biblical background -- Journeying within the Holy Land (the Old Testament period) -- Going out from the Holy Land (the New Testament period) -- Returning to the Holy Land (the era of the early Church) -- Christian pilgrimage.
The quiet years (from 70-325 CE) -- The flowering of pilgrimage(325-638 CE) -- Contesting the land: The early Islamic period (638 to 1099) -- The era of the Latin Kingdom (1099 to 1187) -- The end of the Crusading era (1187 to 1291) -- Rediscovering the Holy Land: the centuries of calm (1291 to 1800) -- The nineteenth century: a new development -- ' Traditional pilgrims' -- Protestant 'pilgrims' -- Conclusion -- Muslim and Jewish pilgrimage -- Epilogue -- Chapter 12. Sacred Spaces and Holy Places -- Pre-Bronze Age (c.10,000-3300 BCE) -- Bronze Age (c.3300-c.1200 BCE) -- Iron Age I (c.1200-C.1000 BCE) -- Iron Age II (c.1000-c.586 BCE) -- The Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and early Roman periods (586 BCE-70 CE) -- The late Roman and Byzantine period (70-636/7 CE) -- The early Islamic period (636/7-1099 CE) -- The Crusades and kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291 CE) -- The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (1187-1517 CE) -- The Ottoman period (1516-1917 CE) -- Chapter 13. Scripture and the Holy Land -- Introduction -- Jewish Scripture -- Christian Scripture -- Muslim Scripture -- Conclusions -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Summary: The story of the Holy Land, encompassing the three millennia that saw the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and is highly illustrated with paintings, photographs, and ancient texts.
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Cover -- HOLY LAND -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Birth of Israel -- The beginning of Israel: the biblical narrative -- Problems with the narrative -- Chronological framework -- Archaeological background -- The Israelite settlement: the growing debate -- The Israelite settlement: assessing the evidence -- Israel's emergence -- The Shasu and an all Israelite identity in the late 13th and early 12th centuries BCE -- The (re)emergence of local identities in the late 12th century BCE -- Stressing 'Israel' again: the 11th and early 10th centuries BCE -- Israel's development -- The Exodus group and the Exodus story -- The history of Israel -- By way of conclusion -- Chapter 2. Iron Age: Tribes to Monarchy -- Writing the history of ancient Israel -- Origins of Israel -- Samuel -- The Philistines -- Saul -- David -- Relationship of Saul and David -- Solomon -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Israel and Judah(c.931-587 BCE) -- War between Israel and Judah (c.931-881 BCE) -- The dynasty of Omri/Ahab (c.881-841) -- The dynasty of Jehu (c.841-749) -- The last kings of Israel (c.750-722) -- The kingdom of Judah alone (c.722-587) -- Chapter 4. Babylonian Exile and Restoration(587-325 BCE) -- Judah under Babylonian rule -- The Babylonian exile -- The start of Persian rule -- Constitutional arrangements -- Judah under the Persians -- Temple building -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- The fourth century -- Samaria and the Samaritans -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5. The Hellenistic and Roman Era -- The Hellenistic era -- The Ptolemaic era -- The Seleucid era -- The Maccabean revolt -- The Hasmoneans -- The Jewish sects -- The end of Hasmonean rule -- The Roman era -- Herod -- After Herod's death -- Turbulent times -- Jesus and his followers -- The war against Rome -- After the revolt -- The rise of rabbinic Judaism.

Chapter 6. A Christian Holy Land(284-638 CE) -- Chapter 7. The Coming of Islam -- The conquest of Palestine -- The rule of the Umayyad dynasty (661-750) -- Later dynasties: Abbasid, Tulunid, Ikhshidid, and Fatimid rule (750-1099) -- Changes in settlement patterns -- Spatial Islamization -- The effects of the political events -- The legal status of the non-Muslims -- Arabization -- Conversion to Islam -- Culture and innovation -- Chapter 8. The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid Periods(1099-1250) -- A brief historical overview of the Holy Land, 1099-1291 -- The early establishment of the Crusader states in the Holy Land -- The military Orders in the Holy Land -- Frankish religious monuments and castles: a new visual landscape -- Aspects of Frankish government and society -- The Muslim response and recovery, 1099-1187 -- Frankish-Muslim coexistence from 1099 to 1187 -- After Saladin: the Ayyubids and the Holy Land: 1193-1250 -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 9. The Holy Land from the Mamluk Sultanate to the Ottoman Empire (1260-1799) -- Defining the period -- The Turks in the Islamic world and their impact on the Holy Land -- The Mamluk institution and the formation of a Mamluk Sultanate -- The Ottomans -- A political history of the Holy Land: Mamluks (1260-1517) -- A political history of the Holy Land: Ottomans (1517-1799) -- Administration patterns and the status of the Holy Land -- Population: demographic trends and interfaith relations -- Locals, travellers, and pilgrims: narrating the Holy Land -- Chapter 10. From Napoleon to Allenby: The Holy Land and the Wider Middle East -- Chapter 11. Pilgrimage -- The biblical background -- Journeying within the Holy Land (the Old Testament period) -- Going out from the Holy Land (the New Testament period) -- Returning to the Holy Land (the era of the early Church) -- Christian pilgrimage.

The quiet years (from 70-325 CE) -- The flowering of pilgrimage(325-638 CE) -- Contesting the land: The early Islamic period (638 to 1099) -- The era of the Latin Kingdom (1099 to 1187) -- The end of the Crusading era (1187 to 1291) -- Rediscovering the Holy Land: the centuries of calm (1291 to 1800) -- The nineteenth century: a new development -- ' Traditional pilgrims' -- Protestant 'pilgrims' -- Conclusion -- Muslim and Jewish pilgrimage -- Epilogue -- Chapter 12. Sacred Spaces and Holy Places -- Pre-Bronze Age (c.10,000-3300 BCE) -- Bronze Age (c.3300-c.1200 BCE) -- Iron Age I (c.1200-C.1000 BCE) -- Iron Age II (c.1000-c.586 BCE) -- The Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and early Roman periods (586 BCE-70 CE) -- The late Roman and Byzantine period (70-636/7 CE) -- The early Islamic period (636/7-1099 CE) -- The Crusades and kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291 CE) -- The Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (1187-1517 CE) -- The Ottoman period (1516-1917 CE) -- Chapter 13. Scripture and the Holy Land -- Introduction -- Jewish Scripture -- Christian Scripture -- Muslim Scripture -- Conclusions -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- PICTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The story of the Holy Land, encompassing the three millennia that saw the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar and is highly illustrated with paintings, photographs, and ancient texts.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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