Jerusalem in the Mind of the Western World, 1800-1948

YEHOSHUA BEN-ARIEH is Rector and Professor of Geography at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His books include Jerusalem in the 19th Century: The Old City (1984), Jerusalem in the 19th Century: The Emergence of the New City (1986), and Painting Palestine in the 19th Century (Hebrew-1992, English-forthcoming).MOSHE DAVIS (1916-1996) was Founding Head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Stephen S. Wise Professor Emeritus in American Jewish History and Institutions, as well as Academic Chairman of the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization under the aegis of the Israeli Presidency. He was Project Director and General Editor of American-Holy Land Studies. His publications include America and the Holy Land (Praeger, 1995) and University Teaching of Jewish Civilization: A Global Approach to Higher Education (1995).

• Introduction by Moshe DavisIn Comparative PerspectiveThe Meaning of Jerusalem to Jews, Christians, and Muslims by R. J. Zwi WerblowskyTravelers, Explorers, and Opinion MakersJerusalem Travel Literature as Historical Source and Cultural Phenomenon by Yehoshua Ben-AriehSacred Journeys: Jerusalem in the Eyes of American Travelers before 1948 by David KlatzkerFrom London to Jerusalem: Journeys of the Adler Brothers in the 1880s by Shaul SapirThe Holy Land in Popular Brazilian Culture by Regina IgelReligious Groups: Theological Concepts"Beginning at Jerusalem": The Mission to the Jews and English Evangelical Eschatology by Sarah KochavJerusalem in the Mind-Set of John Nelson Darby and his Fundamentalist Followers by Erich GeldbachAmerican Dispensationalists and Jerusalem, 1870-1918 by Yaakov ArielReligious Groups: Mission ActivitiesOrigins of Western Christian Missions in Jerusalem and the Holy Land by Thomas StranskyThe German Catholic "Holy Sepulchre Society": Activities in Palestine by Haim GorenPrussia and Jerusalem: Political and Religious Controversies Surrounding the Foundation of the Jerusalem Bishopric by Martin LückhoffGerman Missions in the Holy Land by Frank FoersterArt and PhotographyCultural Predispositions in Early Photography: The Case of the Holy Land by Yeshayahu NirSelected Sectarian Postcards, Texts, and Snapshots of Jerusalem: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Vivienne Silver-BrodyPainting with Light: Photographic Aspects of the Work of Ephraim Mose Lilien by Micha and Orna Bar-AmThe Holy Land in the Sights of Explorers' Cameras by Shimon GibsonTeaching ApplicationsHeavenly and Earthly Jerusalem: Pedagogical Perspectives by Gershon GreenbergIndex