The Temple of Jerusalem

by Simon Goldhill

Book Overview

It was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago, and yet the Temple of Jerusalem--cultural memory, symbol, and site--remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This glorious structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted again and again over two millennia, emerges in all its historical, cultural, and religious significance in Simon Goldhill's account.

Built by Herod on a scale that is still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674061896
• ISBN13: 9780674061897
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.9"