The City of Abraham
$12.99
The City of Abraham is a journey to the heart of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict, and an account of the shared roots of the three great monotheistic religions of the Middle East. It begins with a hill called Tel Rumeida, the site of the ancient city of Hebron, where the patriarch Abraham - from whom all Jews, Christians and Muslims ultimately claim descent - is supposed to have lived when he arrived in the Promised Land.
Through a mixture of reportage, travel writing and interviews, Platt strives to reconstruct the history of this significant place, from the biblical past to the current incarnation: presently, the settlement at Tel Rumeida stands on stilts above an excavated site in the north-west corner of the modern city of Hebron - in a sense, above the foundations of the state of Israel itself.
Pan Macmillan acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to lands, waters and communities.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. We honour more than sixty thousand years of storytelling, art and culture.
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