Palestine in late antiquity
"Hagith Sivan offers an unconventional study of one corner of the Roman Empire in late antiquity. During the period 300-650 C.E. the fortunes of the 'east' and the 'west' were intimately linked as thousands of westerners in the guise of pilgrims, pious monks, soldiers, and civilians flocked to what became a Christian holy land. This is the era that witnessed the transformation of Jerusalem from a sleepy Roman town built on the ruins of spectacular Herodian Jerusalem into an international centre of Christianity and ultimately into a centre of Islamic worship. It was also a period of unparalleled prosperity for the frontier zones, and a time when communities of Christians, Jews, and Samaritans were engaged in fierce competition over a tiny territory termed 'holy'."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2008
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008