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À propos de ce produit

Product Identifiers

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

Author

Joseph J. Hobbs

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

CLASSIFICATION_METADATA

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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.

LC Classification Number

DS110.5.H63 1995

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