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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 296.491
EAN num: 9780500251331
ISBN number: 0500251339
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: May 25, 2007
Publishing house: Thames & Hudson
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Studio: Thames & Hudson
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The only up-to-date illustrated account of one of the most intriguing and influential buildings in history.
The Temple of Solomon has been the focus of profound spiritual reverence for over three thousand years. From its Bronze Age antecedents in the portable shrines of nomadic tribes, through countless permutations in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the idea of the Temple of Solomon—a place of communion between God and man—has proven endlessly alluring.
The sacred building itself was destroyed more than once, on the last occasion by the Romans in AD 70, yet the great church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Templars, and numerous medieval cathedrals were all conceived as symbolic re-creations of Solomon's original. Medieval magicians practiced magic to harness the demons who were believed to have constructed the Temple, and mystics of all faiths had visions of a celestial Temple, mirroring that on earth, where divine secrets would be revealed.
Solomon's Temple draws on holy texts and mystic writings, works of art and architecture, modern reconstructions, and photographs to reveal the myriad ways in which the Temple and the sacred ground on which it stood have inspired mankind through the ages. 200 illustrations, 130 in color.
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This book sets out, in quite a logical and detailed order, the religious ideas surrounding King Solomon's Temple. It is a definitive read that discusses some of the common perceptions and the context for those perceptions, putting them in the perspective of their historical milieus in which they arose.
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