{"product_id":"the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-the-holy-land","title":"The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land covers the 3 000 years which saw the rise of Judaism  Christianity  and Islam--and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible  it follows the course of the ensuing millennia down to the time when the Ottoman Empire succumbed to British and French rule at the end of the First World War.  Parts of the story  especially as known from the Bible  will be widely familiar. Less familiar are the ways in which modern research  both from archaeology and from other ancient sources  sometimes modify this story historically. Better understanding  however  enables us to appreciate crucial chapters in the story of the Holy Land  such as how and why Judaism developed in the way that it did from the earlier sovereign states of Israel and Judah and the historical circumstances in which Christianity emerged from its Jewish cradle. Later parts of the story are vital not only for the history of Islam and its relationships with the two older religions  but also for the development of pilgrimage and religious tourism  as well as the notions of sacred space and of holy books with which we are still familiar today.  Sensitive to the concerns of those for whom the sacred books of Judaism  Christianity  and Islam are of paramount religious authority  the authors all try sympathetically to show how historical information from other sources  as well as scholarly study of the texts themselves  enriches our understanding of the history of the region and its prominent position in the worlds cultural and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963226976309,"sku":"ByrdShop_019872439X","price":44.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780198724391.jpg?v=1770409245","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-the-holy-land","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}