A highly original architectural history of Solomon’s Temple and Islam’s Dome of the Rock that doubles as a social and cultural history of the region The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments; Solomon’s Temple and The Dome of the Rock; drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence Relayed as a gripping narrative; allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events; particularly Christ’s actions in the Temple Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This book is awesome! It holds student attention and is a perfect ...By Silver SpriteThis book is awesome! It holds student attention and is a perfect book for my K-6 instructional needs in Science and Art. as well as for supporting Social-Emotional mini-lessons targeting empathy understanding the benefits of diversity in cooperative learning situation. Positive group social identity can be formed based on heterogeneous members--building upon variety of talents is another path to strength in numbers!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The title says it allBy mp3This is not what I was expecting. and I should have read the description more carefully. The photos are all clear. but thats all the book is: photos of snowflakes. just like the cover. If you want lots and lots of photos of snowflakes. this is your book. I bought this for my great nephew. and I think Ill get "Snowflake Bentley" to give him a fuller perspective.23 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Know What You Want WhyBy A. KarlssonThis book about lived up to my expectations -- which wouldnt make it worth it for everybody. In our case. we were doing a unit study on snowflakes and we covered Bentleys biography (from childrens picture books for the young ones to more complete adult biographies for the older) and the point of this book for us was simply to see what it was that he did. I explained to my first grader that the large camera he had was also very young in terms of the history of photography and that what he accomplished was marvelous for his time. I also explained that todays equipment is able to do so much more. We turned to LibbrechtsThe Snowflake-- being from Caltech hes probably a good one to take up the cause and the photos are incredible. My first grader loved them so much that we ended up getting the calendar. Snowflakes 2008 Calendar: Featuring the amazing micro-photography of Kenneth Libbrecht (Calendar). The high school student was more interested in the text. and I loved both.Since I was familiar with Bentleys photos I knew I was buying this one for historical interest to go along with the biographies and not for anything more -- therefore. I didnt experience any disappointment for it perhaps not being as good as other books mentioned.
