Jerusalem 2 Volume Set
The Topography, Economics and History from the Earliest Times to AD 70

This two-volume work (1907–8), spanning more than fourteen centuries, expertly elucidates the topography, economics and history of ancient Jerusalem.

George Adam Smith (Author)

9781108063531, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 31 October 2013

1230 pages, 15 b/w illus. 13 maps
21.5 x 14 x 7 cm, 1.6 kg

First published in two volumes between 1907 and 1908, this major work by the Scottish biblical scholar and geographer Sir George Adam Smith (1856–1942) is organised into three books. Volume 1 contains the first two books. Book 1 covers the topography, geology and climate of ancient Jerusalem, while Book 2 focuses on the economic and political development of the city. Volume 2 contains the third book, a historical narrative that further clarifies political and religious changes. Best known for his celebrated Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894), Smith provides here a more detailed and specialist analysis, based on first-hand knowledge derived from the visits he made to the region over the years. Spanning more than fourteen centuries of Jerusalem's history from 1400 BCE to 70 CE, these well-illustrated volumes remain a standard work of scholarship, expertly elucidating the changing shape of the city.

Volume 1: Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Topography - Sites and Names: 1. The site of the city
2. Facts and questions in the ancient topography
3. The geology
4. Earthquakes, springs and dragons
5. The waters of Jerusalem
6. Sion, Ophel and 'the city of David'
7. The valley of Hinnom
8. The walls of Jerusalem
9. The name Jerusalem and its history
10. Other names for the city
Part II. The Economics and Politics: 1. A general statement of the economic problems
2. The ethnic and economic origins of Jerusalem
3. The city lands
4. The natural resources of Jerusalem
5. Commerce and imports
6. The royal revenues
7. The temple revenues, properties and finance
8. Trades, crafts and industries
9. Government and police
10. 'The multitude'
General index
Special indexes
List of abbreviations. Volume 2: Prefatory note
Table of the principal stages in the history
Part III. The History: 1. The prelude
2. The conquest by David
3. Solomon and the temple
4. From Rehoboam to Ahaz
5. Isaiah's Jerusalem, from 740 onwards
6. Hezekiah and Sennacherib
7. Jerusalem under Manasseh
8. Josiah: Jerusalem and Deuteronomy
9. Jeremiah's Jerusalem
10. The desolate city
11. The ideal city and the real
12. The second temple, from Zechariah to Malachi
13. Ezra and Nehemiah
14. The rest of the Persian period
15. The Jew and the Greek
16. Jerusalem under the Maccabees and the Hasmoneans
17. Herod, the Romans and Jerusalem
18. Herod's castle and temple
19. The temple and the Lord
20. Jerusalem of the gospels
Appendix
General index
Special indexes.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]