Main entry:

Ben-Arieh, Yehoshua.

Title & Author:

Jerusalem in the 19th century : the Old City / Yehoshua Ben-Arieh.

Publication:

Jerusalem : Yad Izhak Ben Zvi Institute ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1984.

Description:

xiii, 438 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Yerushalayim ba-meʼah ha-teshaʻ-ʻeśreh, ha-ʻIr ha-ʻAtiḳah.
"Sequel to ... The rediscovery of the Holy Land in the nineteenth century"--Preface.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-420).
Prologue: Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem: The Sources -- Part One: The Old City: Its Appearance, Sources of Livelihood, Water Supply and Sanitation -- 1. The City Plan; the Built-up Area -- 2. The Economy and Pursuits of Jerusalem's Population (Its Crafts, Commerce, Markets and Rhythm of Life) -- 3. Water Supply: Springs, Pools, Cisterns and the Aqueduct -- 4. Sanitation and Health.
Part Two: Ottoman Rule: The Muslim Population: The Temple Mount and the Muslim Quarter -- 1. Ottoman Rule -- 2. The Muslim Community -- 3. The Temple Mount -- 4. The Muslim Quarter and its Functional Structures -- 5. Penetrtion of Christian and Western Elements into the Muslim Quarter.
Part Three: The Christian Communities: The Christian Quarter: The Armenian Quarter -- 1. Western Activity; Christian Inhabitants and Pilgrims -- 2. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- 3. The Christian Quarter; the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Communities -- 4. The Eastern Communities: Copts, Ethiopians, Armenians and Syrians; the Armenian Quarter -- 5. The Protestant Communities: Institutions and Missionary Activities.
Part Four: The Jewish Community of Jerusalem before the Expansion Beyond the Old City Walls (1800-1870) -- 1. Growth of the Jewish Population Before 1870 -- 1. The Subdivision of the Jewish Community -- 3. Synagogues, Talmudi Torah and Yeshivot; the Wailing Wall as a Prayer Site -- 4. The Jewish Quarter -- 5. Christian Missionary Activity: Institutions for Health, Education and WElfare; the Karaites.
Part Five: The Jewish Community of Jerusalem at the End of the Ottoman Period (1870-1914) -- 1. The Continued Growth of the Jewish Population and the Proliferation of Kolelim -- 2. Jewish Religious Institutions and the Growing Importance of the Wailing Wall -- 3. The Expansion of the Jewish Quarter and the Beginning of its Decline -- Epilogue: The Old City in Context.
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Translated from the Hebrew.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

0312441878 (U.S.)
9780312441876 (U.S.)
0709932952 (Croom Helm) (1985)
9780709932956

Subject:

Jews Jerusalem History 19th century.
Jews history
Juifs Jérusalem Histoire 19e siècle.
Jews.
Jerusalem History.
Jérusalem Histoire.
Middle East Jerusalem.
Israel, Jerusalem History.
Palestine, Jerusalem History.
Jerusalem (Israel) History 19th century.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293187
Call No.: BIB 237932
Status: Available