Jerusalem sky : stars, crosses, and crescents

by Mark H. Podwal

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Coming Soon

Call number

811

Publication

New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2005.

Description

Jerusalem–ancient home to Jews, Christians, and Muslims–is blanketed by a sky like no other. According to legend, the Jerusalem sky held off the rains for seven years while King Solomon built his temple. In the Jerusalem sky, the Bible tells us, a rising star announced the birth of Jesus. Through that same wondrous sky, Islamic belief holds, Muhammad climbed to heaven. In our own times, the Jerusalem sky fills with the sounds of worshippers praying for peace in the synagogues, churches, and mosques below. And each year new voices rise up to the Jerusalem sky, where so many miracles have been witnessed.

User reviews

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A poetic evocation of the sky over the world's most beloved city show that the love borne by Jews, Christians, and Muslims for Jerusalem can be something that brings us together instead of tearing us apart.

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

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Physical description

27 cm

ISBN

038574689X / 9780385746892
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