Jerusalem City of the Book

Mack, Merav/ Balint, Benjamin/ Brenner, Frédéric (Photographer)

ISBN 10: 0300222858 / ISBN 13: 9780300222852

Edité par Yale Univ Pr, 2019

256 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur 0300222858

Synopsis :

A captivating journey through the hidden libraries of Jerusalem, where some of the world's most enduring ideas were put into words

In this enthralling book, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint explore Jerusalem's libraries to tell the story of this city as a place where some of the world's most enduring ideas were put into words. The writers of Jerusalem, although renowned the world over, are not usually thought of as a distinct school; their stories as Jerusalemites have never before been woven into a single narrative. Nor have the stories of the custodians, past and present, who safeguard Jerusalem's literary legacies.

By showing how Jerusalem has been imagined by its writers and shelved by its librarians, Mack and Balint tell the untold history of how the peoples of the book have populated the city with texts. In their hands, Jerusalem itself--perched between East and West, antiquity and modernity, violence and piety--comes alive as a kind of labyrinthine library.

À propos de l?auteur: Merav Mack is a historian and scholar of contemporary religion affiliated with the Harry S. Truman Research Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology at Augusta Victoria. Her current research focuses on Christian minorities in the Middle East. Benjamin Balint is a writer and translator based at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem. His previous books include Running Commentary and Kafka's Last Trial.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Jerusalem City of the Book
Éditeur : Yale Univ Pr
Date d'édition : 2019
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Brand New