The shape of the holy : early Islamic Jerusalem
Oleg Grabar (Author), Mohammad Al-Asad (Contributor), Abeer Audeh (Contributor), Said Nuseibeh (Contributor)
From the time of Herod through the Crusades, Jerusalem had officially "changed its religion" several times, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims inscribing the story of their faiths on the urban landscape. In this handsomely illustrated book, noted Islamist Oleg Grabar offers a rare account of the great role played by early Islam in defining the "look" of Jerusalem that remained largely intact until the twentieth century. From about 640 to 1100, Muslims transformed Christian Jerusalem, mainly the area now known as the Haram al-Sharif, both physically and ideologically to embody their new faith
Print Book, English, 1996
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1996