{"product_id":"jerusalem-24","title":"Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A brilliantly illuminating book.' Philip Roth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem: City of Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing contemplation of the fabled city which for the Western mind remains as much a myth as a physical reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1990, Amos Elon's elegant, dazzling biography of Jerusalem gives a profound insight into the kaleidoscopic culture of this eternally magical city. Battle-scarred from four thousand years of violent conflict, the holy city is a sacred symbol of Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and its religious wars of today reflect those of the past - Arab versus Jew, orthodox versus secular, continuity versus change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elon's \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e is both a learned book and a charming one ... He places us before a veritable many-layered mountain of myth and history, a compressed symbol of our most sublime aspirations along with our most disgusting, hatefully brainless excursions into religious bigotry and fratricide. It is a book as complex and surprising as the city itself.' Arthur Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A superbly readable study.'\u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book which should be read by all.' \u003ci\u003eCatholic Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243666067800,"sku":"9780571275410","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571275410.jpg?v=1777706118","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/jerusalem-24","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}