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1 his book is mi euthmllini^ jounuy through Israel, ineetiiig place of three of the world's !^reat religions, and a land of immense historical interest that stands at the crossroads of civilizations. It takes the reader o)} a voi/age of discover}/ along the River jordaii and among the hills of Galilee Jrom the shores of the Mediterranean to the sands of the Negev, capturing the unique character of the country, its people afid treasures ?II 400 magnificent colour photographs. Exploring the moimmental heritage of great civilizations - Israelite cities, Roman theatres, Bi/zautine churches and Arab mosques - it provides a tour of the pfriiuipal archaeological sites aiid cities, including plans, photographs of each location's monuments and art treasures, spectacular aerial views, and luaui/ large-scale reconstruction draiviugs.
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Splendours of the Holy Land Sarah Kochav
At the heart of the Holy Land, Israel is a country of immense... Tovább

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1 his book is mi euthmllini^ jounuy through Israel, ineetiiig place of three of the world's !^reat religions, and a land of immense historical interest that stands at the crossroads of civilizations. It takes the reader o)} a voi/age of discover}/ along the River jordaii and among the hills of Galilee Jrom the shores of the Mediterranean to the sands of the Negev, capturing the unique character of the country, its people afid treasures ?II 400 magnificent colour photographs. Exploring the moimmental heritage of great civilizations - Israelite cities, Roman theatres, Bi/zautine churches and Arab mosques - it provides a tour of the pfriiuipal archaeological sites aiid cities, including plans, photographs of each location's monuments and art treasures, spectacular aerial views, and luaui/ large-scale reconstruction draiviugs.
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Israel
Splendours of the Holy Land Sarah Kochav
At the heart of the Holy Land, Israel is a country of immense richness and diversity, both in its natural setting and in the remains of its past. Home to three of the world's great religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Israel occupies a unique position at a crossroads of civilizations: Israelite cities, Roman amphitheatres, Byzantine churches. Crusader castles and Muslim mosques - all are testimony to the various peoples who have occupied this land. Israel: Splendours of the Holy Land celebrates this wealth in its magnificent colour photographs of the country's monuments and art treasures, its towns and cities, people and landscapes. And it takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the shores of the Mediterranean to the sands of the Negev in an attempt to piece together the fragments of a vast panorama of history.
Accompanying the photographs, the wide-ranging text gives an overview of Israel's history and provides a fascinating tour of such places as Masada, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and some of the less familiar sites and cities of the deserts and mountains. The locations are illustrated with site plans and photographs of the principal structures and objects found at each. Full-colour reconstruction drawings restore some of the most imposing cities to their former glory - Jerusalem in the time of Herod, the Crusader port of Acre and the Roman-Byzantine city of Beth Shean -and cut-away and perspective diagrams help to explain complex buildings, such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Dome of the Rock. Spectacular aerial views capture the variety and grandeur of the country's landscapes, while portraits of the people and present-day life complete this magnificent study of Israel, the land of the Bible.
On ihe jacket: (FRONT BOARD) One of the Dead Sea Scrolls, showing text from the Book of Rvi/ms (Vie Shrine of the Book; Israel Museum): pottery head of a statuette oj Aphrodite, from Dor (Zev RadoMn): Herod's palace-fortress al Masada (Marcello Bertiiiettil Archivio White Star). (FRONT FLAP) Cold figurine of a Canaanite goddess, from Cezer (Israel Museum: pholo David Harris). (BACK BOARD) Cold earring irt lite sliafvofn rnm's head, from the Persian Period (Israel Museum: photo David Harris): reconstruction of lerusalem in the Second Temple Period (Luca Rossi): aerial photo of the Old City of !erusalem (Marcello Bertinetti): a Nahataeon bronze fvnlher. found al Avdat (Israel MuM-um: photo David Harris). (BACK FLAt») Statue from thepolaceal Khirhet el-Mafjar. Enriy Arab Period (Zev Radoivn). (SPINE) /wry pomegranate, possibly belonging to Solomon's Temple (Israel Museum: photo N. Slapak).
Sarah Kochav is an Israeli researcher, editor and writer. She studied
anthropology and the sociology of religion at Oxford University, where she received her doctorate. She has held research fellowships at Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and was a Senior Associate Member of the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford. Her special field of interest is the Anglican Church and its activities in nineteenth-century Palestine and she has written a book and several articles on the subject. She also edited the Journal of Israeli History at Tel Aviv University and has worked as a multimedia consultant on the subject of Christianity and the Holy Land. Vissza