Part 1 Acknowledgments v Part 2 Jerusalem in Time (Chronology) ix Part 3 Prologue: Jerusalem Blessed, Jerusalem Cursed 3 Part 4 Part One: The Meaning of Jerusalem in Jewish History Chapter 5 Zion, City of David 27 Chapter 6 Fallen Temples 56 Chapter 7 Return to Zion 92 Part 8 Part Two: The History of Christian Conflict and Consecration in Jerusalem Chapter 9 In the Footsteps of Jesus 127 Chapter 10 God Wills It! 154 Chapter 11 Who Owns Christ's Tomb? 183 Part 12 Part Three: Jerusalem's Holiness in Islamic Tradition Chapter 13 Islam's Triumph in Jerusalem 207 Chapter 14 A Golden Bowl Filled with Scorpions 236 Chapter 15 Ottoman Indifference 258 Part 16 Part Four: A City Divided and United Chapter 17 10 Birth and Betrayl: The Struggle for Jerusalem, 1917-1967 279 Part 18 Notes 311 Part 19 A Note on Sources 317 Part 20 Index 329

Here is history in a grand manner--an absorbing saga of prophets, priests, and pilgrims, kings and conquerors, the story of a city besieged, defended, conquered, damaged or destroyed, and rebuilt 40 times in 30 centuries--always in the name of God. Illustrations.