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- Book Title
- Mount Sinai
- ISBN
- 9780292730946
- Subject Area
- Social Science
- Publication Name
- Mount Sinai
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- General
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 377 Pages
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292730942
ISBN-13
9780292730946
eBay Product ID (ePID)
119586
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
377 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mount Sinai
Subject
General
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
94-031952
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
953/.1
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Conversions and Transliteration Introduction One. "A Terrible and Waste-Howling Wilderness" Two. "You Will Worship God on This Mountain" Three. The Heavenly Citizenship Four. The Monastery of Saint Katherine Five. The Christian Landscape Six. The People of The Mountain Seven. The Bedouin Way of Life Eight. The Pilgrim Nine. The Traveler Ten. The Tourist Eleven. The New Golden Calf Conclusion Notes References Cited Index
Synopsis
How the mountain Jebel Musa, revered by most Christians and Muslims as Mount Sinai, came to be considered a sacred place and how that very perception now threatens its fragile ecology and its sense of holy solitude., Amid the high mountains of Egypt's southern Sinai Peninsula stands Jebel Musa, "Mount Moses," revered by most Christians and Muslims as Mount Sinai. (Jewish tradition holds that Mount Sinai should remain terra incognita, unlocated, and does not associate it with this mountain.) In this fascinating study, Joseph Hobbs draws on geography and archaeology, Biblical and Quranic accounts, and the experiences of people ranging from Christian monks to Bedouin shepherds to casual tourists to explore why this mountain came to be revered as a sacred place and how that very perception now threatens its fragile ecology and its sense of holy solitude. After discussing the physical characteristics of Jebel Musa and the debate that selected it as the most probable Mount Sinai, Hobbs fully describes all Christian and Muslim sacred sites around the mountain. He views Mount Sinai from the perspectives of the centuries-long inhabitants of the region--the monks of the Monastery of St. Katherine and the Jabaliya Bedouins--and of tourists and pilgrims, from medieval Europeans to modern travelers dispirited by Western industrialization. Hobbs concludes his account with the recent international debate over whether to build a cable car on Mount Sinai and with an unflinching description of the negative impact of tourism on the delicate desert environment. His book raises important, troubling questions for everyone concerned about the fate of the earth's wild and sacred places.
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DS110.5.H63 1995
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1995
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