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Investigating a range of eschatological ideologies, this volume explores the connection between notions of sacred space and time in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim understandings of Jerusalem. The recognition of Jerusalem as a holy city both unites and divides Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While these three religious traditions share a reverence for the same ancient city, this veneration leads more often to tension and violence than to commonality and cooperation. Each of these religions draws heavily from religious memory and eschatological prophecies, and sees Jerusalem as a site of past and future upheaval; however, the distinctions in their visions imbue Jerusalem with meanings that reinforce conflicting and contested ideologies. Offering multiple analyses of religious interpretations of the city and its sacred sites, this volume explores these divergent visions of the remembered and anticipated Jerusalem.

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Author:   Dr Emma O'Donnell Polyakov (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland and Merrimack College, USA.)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781350505735

ISBN 10:   1350505730
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Introduction, Emma O’Donnell Polyakov (Merrimack College, USA) Part I: Jewish Visions of Jerusalem 2.How the Taboo on Jews Entering the Temple Mount was Broken by Religious Zionist Activists , Motti Inbari (University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA) 3. The Hypertemple in Mind: God’s Voice Rebooted in the Temple Scroll, Natalie Bloch (Uppsala University, Sweden) 4. A House of Prayer for all Peoples: A Universal Eschatological Vision for Jerusalem, Alon Goshen-Gottstein (Elijah Interfaith Institute, Jerusalem) Part II: Christian Visions of Jerusalem 5. An Unprecedented Alliance: Evangelical Christians, Jews, and the Rebuilding of the Temple, Yaakov Ariel (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) 6. ‘Part of Prophecy’: Christian Zionism, Dispensationalism, and Time, Aron Engberg (Lund University, Sweden) 7. Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology: A Catholic Perspective, Dirk Ansorge (Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology Sankt Georgen, Germany) Part III: Muslim Visions of Jerusalem 8. Islamic Visions of Jesus: Revelation, Prophecy, and Eschatology, Antonio Cuciniello (Catholic University of Milan, Italy) 9. Jerusalem from the Perspective of the ISIS Apocalyptic Propaganda, Bronislav Ostranský (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia) 10. Jerusalem as the Epicenter of Islamic Eschatology, Mustafa Abu Sway (Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Quds University, Jerusalem) Conclusion 11. A Place in Time and a Time in Place: The Spatial and Temporal Nexus in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of Jerusalem, Emma O’Donnell Polyakov (Merrimack College, USA) Bibliography Index

Reviews

‘Placing Jerusalem in the matrix of time and place, this book reveals the dynamic meanings of Jerusalem in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim circles. Readers will discover in these chapters new insights and methodological approaches for thinking about Jerusalem as a shared and contested symbolic place.’ * Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Boston College, USA * 'This is a fresh and penetrating look into some century-old questions associated with the city of Jerusalem and its religious status for the three monotheistic religions. It’s a must read for anyone interested in the holy city and its conceptuality.’ * Yaron Z. Eliav, University of Michigan, USA * ‘An outstanding volume that captures a wide range of reflections on the meaning and energy of Jerusalem: “a place in time and a time in place.” Contributors don’t shy away from the hard issues – theologically or politically – and approach them with great scholarly acumen. Scripture, tradition, mysticism, modern ethnography, and even virtual reality find a place here.’ * Jason Welle, Boston College, USA * ‘Readers will find much to reflect upon in this book’s comprehensive contribution to the understanding of spatial apocalyptic thinking and the role the city of Jerusalem plays in it. Interconnected when depicted as an eternal and ‘holy city’, but spatially and ideologically also divided. Inhabited, shared and experienced differently by Jews, Christians and Muslims, Jerusalem is many places at one time, and many times in one place. This book brings profound insight to the impact and consequences of religious assertions of ownership when laying exclusive claims to Jerusalem.’ * Maria Leppäkari, Åbo Akademi University, Finland *

Author Information

Emma O’Donnell Polyakov is a fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland and Associate Professor of the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion at Merrimack College, USA. She is also the author of The Nun in the Synagogue: Judeocentric Catholicism in Israel (2020) and Remembering the Future: The Experience of Time in Jewish and Christian Liturgy (2015), and the editor of Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Interreligious Hermeneutics (2018).

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