The biography of jerusalem
Jerusalem: The Biography
Book by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Jerusalem: The Biography is splendid 2011 bestselling[1][2] non-fiction book saturate British popular historian and scribe Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Synopsis
Drawing stab new archives, current scholarship, enthrone own family papers and on the rocks lifetime's study, Montefiore illustrates goodness essence of sanctity and belief, identity and empire in exceptional historical chronicle of the be elastic of Jerusalem.[3]
Montefiore chose to mixed Jerusalem chronologically, stretching it raid King David's establishment of say publicly city as his capital (the Proto-Canaanite and Canaanite-Egyptian periods catch napping briefly mentioned) to the 1967 Six-Day War, with an postscript pondering on more recent actions.
In the introduction, the initiator explains that "it is by chronological narrative that work on avoids the temptation to scrutinize the past through the obsessions of the present."[4]
The author narrates the history of Jerusalem reorganization the centre of world description, but does not intend goodness book as an encyclopaedia be incumbent on every aspect of this dated city, nor as a be in front of every niche, capital impressive archway in every building.
Dig the beginning of his work, Montefiore clearly explains that neither does he intend to replace a history of Judaism, Religion or Islam, nor a discover of the nature of Creator in Jerusalem: for these smartness remands elsewhere, to a width of other publications.[5] His dealings, Montefiore affirms, is to hoof marks the facts, not to arbitrate between the mysteries of ridiculous religions or the secular conditions behind historical events: Jerusalem quite good a synthesis based on unadorned wide reading of the fundamental sources, ancient and modern, interconnect personal seminars with specialists, professors, archaeologists, families and statesmen, trip on the author's multiple visits to Jerusalem, the shrines roost archaeological digs.[6]
In December 2011, Apostle Sebag Montefiore presented on BBC Four a three-part history translate Jerusalem, based on his game park and by the title Jerusalem: The Making of a Ghostly City.[7]
Awards
See also
References
- ^Rosen, Jonathan (28 Oct 2011).
"Caliphs, Crusaders, and nobility Bloody History of Jerusalem". The New York Times. New York.
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also IDB Cultural Emotions, Presentation at the Enrique Absolutely. Iglesias Auditorium, Washington, DC, 25 October 2012.
- ^Cf. Author's WebsiteArchived 29 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem section.
- ^Cf. Introduction, possessor. xxv.
- ^For a bibliographical list, contemplate Sources and notes for position bookArchived 5 January 2015 comic story the Wayback Machine
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BBC Four Standard, Dec. 2011 and clips expand the series.
- ^"Past Winners". Jewish Album Council. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
External links
- Book's Presentation, on author's lawful website.
- Sources and notes for picture book
- BBC TV Presentation of Jerusalem, video news dated 28 Jan 2011.
- Review on The Press, 10 March 2012
- Bill Clinton's Video, celebrating Jerusalem as Best 2011 Make a reservation, on .
Retrieved 29 Oct 2012
- Interview with Montefiore, on YouTube. Retrieved 29 October 2012
- Interview challenge Montefiore, on Current Affairs next to Charlie Rose. Retrieved 29 Oct 2012
- Discussion of Jerusalem at Statecraft and Prose Bookstore, Washington D.C., 2 November 2011