Review: The Temple of Jerusalem
Published: August 27 2004 17:30 | Last updated: August 27 2004 17:30
The Temple of Jerusalem
by Simon Goldhill
Profile �15.99, 195 pages
The latest in Profile�s series of books about the world�s most famous monuments and sites looks at a building that doesn�t exist: the Temple of Jerusalem, which was razed to the ground by the Romans in AD70. Yet its symbolic power as a place to be yearned for and fought over is undiminished: the current Palestinian intifada against Israeli occupation stems from Ariel Sharon�s visit in 2000 to the area where it stood, the Temple Mount, which is sacred to both Islam and Judaism.
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