The Carta Jerusalem Atlas, 3rd ed.

by Dan Bahat

Publisher:

Carta Jerusalem

, 2011

Overview

The Carta Jerusalem Atlas is a luxuriously-enlarged atlas which clearly portrays the history of Jerusalem through the ages. This comprehensive picture of the long history of one of the most contested cities in the world will prove of value to scholars, students and laymen alike, and especially for those whom the Holy City has special meaning.

The purpose of an atlas is to present as credibly as possible the main events and situations in graphic and cartographic form. This atlas does just that. The history of Jerusalem according to its various periods is portrayed in as concise and popular a manner as possible while ensuring that it is scientifically exact.

A detailed map of the Old City today concludes the survey of Jerusalem through the ages.

Key Features

• Portrays the history of Jerusalem through the ages
• Presents the main events and situations in graphic and cartographic form
• Explores important excavations, finds, and conclusions of archaeologists and researchers

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction to the First Edition
• The Topography of the City
• The Archaeological Study of Jerusalem
• Ancient History: Until circa 1000 bce
• The First Temple Period: 1000 bce_586 bce
• The Second Temple Period: 538 bce_70 ce
• Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus
• Aelia Capitolina: 135_326
• The Byzantine Period: 326_638
• The Early Muslim Period: 638_1099
• The Crusader Period: 1099_1187
• The Ayyubid Period: 1187_1250
• The Mamluk Period: 1250_1517
• The Ottoman Period: 1517_1917
• Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century: The City Comes to Life, 1830_1917
• The British Mandate: 1917_1948
• Divided Jerusalem: 1948_1967
• United Jerusalem: Since 1967
• The Old City of Jerusalem (modern map)

Top Highlights

“Many Crusader buildings have remained until today, and some even serve the very function for which they were built” (Page 100)

“the Temple was built on Mount Moriah, a name that was used for the mount until a relatively late date” (Page 26)

“Pompey’s siege of Jerusalem in 63 bce lasted three months, until the city wall was finally breached” (Page 40)

“The Crusaders conquered Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, at the end of a five-week siege” (Page 100)

“Second Book of Samuel (5:6–9) and in the First Book of Chronicles (11:4–7).” (Page 22)

Product Details

• Title: The Carta Jerusalem Atlas
• Author: Dan Bahat
• Edition: Third Updated and Expanded Edition
• Publisher: Carta Jerusalem
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 176
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jerusalem, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm › 1709-1789; Jerusalem › Historical geography--Maps; Jerusalem › Maps
• ISBNs: 9789652208071, 9652208078
• Resource ID: LLS:CARTAJERATLAS3ED
• Resource Type: text.monograph.atlas
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:17:10Z

About Dan Bahat

Dan Bahat is an Israeli archaeologist especially known for his excavations in Jerusalem , particularly at the Western Wall tunnels.