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Hasmonian Jesuralem: a Jewish city in a hellenistic orbit.
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Jerusalem during the Hasmonean period was perceived as a Jewish city that evolved around the dimension of Hellenistic culture. Cultural integration was the main concept of hellenism, in contrast to the exclusivity of the Jewish dimension. However, this cultural reform in Jerusalem drew resistance from the Maccabees, who became subjects of persecution. The hellenization of Jerusalem was evident in its artwork, architecture, literature, fashion, currency, and social and religious practices.
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A City That Echoes Eternity: For billions, Jerusalem is not just sand and stone but sacred--a place of the world, and beyond it.(International)(Brief Article)
Newsweek
; ... celebrated and where, at Pentecost, the church itself was born. As a place of Christian pilgrimage, Jerusalem has no equal. Medieval maps place it at the center of the universe (as did Dante), and paintings show medieval Jerusalem descending as the heavenly city ...
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Changing face of Jerusalem As ultra-Orthodox population swells, secular Jews leave capital city
The Boston Globe
; JERUSALEM -- For years now, Israeli Jews have rarely ventured into the mostly Arab, eastern sections of Jerusalem, leaving the city they call their eternal, undivided capital fractured, parts of it seen more as a source of threat than national identity. But recently even largely Jewish west
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Jerusalem: Holy City and City of Peace
Jewish Exponent
; 00-00-0000 Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day, is a new Jewish holiday that was begun after the Six-Day War in 1967, in which Israel liberated the Old City of Jerusalem. This year it is being celebrated on Friday, May 30. In 1948, when the War of Independence was over, Israel controlled the new
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Make Jerusalem a livable city
Jerusalem Post
; COLETTE AVITAL Jerusalem Post 05-23-2008 Headline: Make Jerusalem a livable city Byline: COLETTE AVITAL Edition; Up Front Section: Opinion Page: 04 Friday, May 23, 2008 -- June 2 marks Jerusalem Day when we commemorate Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War and the reunification of the city. In
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The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict
The Middle East Journal
; The Politics of Sacred Space: The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict, by Michael Dumper. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. 170 pages. Bibl. to p. 175. Index to p. 183. $49.95. Reviewed by George Emile Irani This is an important and timely book about a city-Jerusalem,
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