Wisdom's House, Heaven's Gate

Teresa Shawcross is Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at Princeton University, USA and a Senior Member of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. She has previously published The Chronicle of Morea: Historiography in Crusader Greece and Reading in the Byzantine Empire and Beyond.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Reframing the Question of Athens and Jerusalem.- Chapter 2. The Parthenon from Temple to Church.- Chapter 3. A Miracle of Heavenly Fire.- Chapter 4. The Relocation of Jerusalem.- Chapter 5. The Light of Hellenism in Empire and Caliphate.- Chapter 6. Wisdom: Lady of the Temple, Lady of the Red Thread.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: The City on a Hill.

“Wisdom’s House, Heaven’s Gate follows a somewhat winding path, and the best way of doing the book justice is by treating each of its chapters as a study of its own.” (Olof Heilo, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR), bmcr.brynmawr.edu, June, 2025)