Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks

Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks

by Annabel Jane Wharton (Author)

Synopsis

Argues that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the Passion to nineteenth-century mass-produced prints, this work describes the evolving forms by which the city has been possessed in the West.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 29 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0226894223
ISBN 13: 9780226894225