Matthew Teller, Nine Quarters of Jerusalem

Ort:

Paulus-Haus, Jerusalem

Datum und Uhrzeit:

2. Mai 2023, 18.30 Uhr

In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old City into four quarters, yet that division doesn`t reflect the reality of mixed and diverse neighbourhoods. Beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, much of the Old City remains little known to visitors, its people overlooked and their stories untold. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging through ancient past and political present, it evokes the city`s depth and cultural diversity.

Matthew Teller`s highly original `biography` features the Old City`s Palestinian and Jewish communities, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures, its downtrodden Dom Gipsy families and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem`s holiness and the ideas – often startlingly secular – that have shaped lives within its walls. It is an evocation of place through story, led by voices of Jerusalemites.

 

Der Autor signierte sein Buch, auch ein Exemplar für unseren Lesebereich.

Seit über einhundert Jahren bieten wir Reisenden einen gastfreundlichen Ort, um Jerusalem und seine heiligen Stätten zu besuchen. Unser Haus mit seiner ruhigen Atmosphäre in einem großzügigen historischen Ambiente ist selbst ein Teil der Geschichte Jerusalems. Direkt am Damaskustor der Altstadt gelegen, mit ihrem bunten orientalischen Leben, erreichen Sie die Erinnerungsorte der drei großen Weltreligionen in wenigen Minuten zu Fuß.