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Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel. By Eric H. Cline. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. ISBN 0-472-11313-5. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xviii, 410. $29.95.
At least three millennia of history, probably more, its stones often marred by the blood of those certain that their beliefs were given by God and strengthened by the vicissitudes of history. This is the story of Jerusalem, a city sacred to three monotheistic religions and a place often resembling a ship beaten by winds and waves in a perilous sea. Eric Cline, the author of an interesting book on the battles of Armageddon, now gives us a fascinating account of the history of the city from the beginning to the present. The heart of Jerusalem is the Temple Mount. For the Jews it is the place where Abraham took his son Isaac...