"This monograph examines for the first time the momentous biblical theme of the peoples' pilgrimage to Zion in the end of days. The study includes an exegesis of the texts, which extend from the second to the final chapter of the Book of Isaiah, along with an extensive theologic…
Stone : Arabic in the age of Ottomanism -- Dog : the Zionification of Hebrew -- Gold : text and value -- Paper : banknotes and the colonial dictionary -- Ceramic : the British street-naming campaign -- Wall : Hebrew graffiti on the Western Wall -- Cloth : the banners of Nabi Mus…
"For years, Yair Wallach walked the streets of Jerusalem, searching for writing on its walls. He looked for graffiti, logos, inscriptions, official signs, and ephemera, focusing on how modern Jerusalem took shape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From 1850 to…
"Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci of Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation brings together the papers that were read at an international conference at the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem in May 2018. The contributions to this volume develop a multi-disciplinary pe…
"Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Isl…
