Waldman – Golden City: Jerusalem’s 3,000 Years

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J956.94 W

Waldman

Personal Author:

Waldman, Neil.

Title:

The golden city : Jerusalem’s 3,000 years / written and illustrated by Neil Waldman.

Publication info:

Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2000.

Physical description:

unpaged : col. ill.

Summary:

The 3,000-year history of Jerusalem–from King David’s time to the present day–encompasses many religions and cultures that have created the city’s mystique.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–Religion–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History.

ISBN:

1563979187

Tags:

Asia, children’s,  history, Holy Land, Israel, Israel/Palestine, Jerusalem, Jerusalem — History, Judaism, Middle East, religion, young adult

Haskins – Count your way through Israel

CELC

J954 H

Haskins

Personal Author:

Haskins, James, 1941-2005

Title:

Count your way through Israel / by Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Rick Hanson.

Publication info:

Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1990.

Physical description:

Unpaged: col. ill.

Summary:

An introduction to the land and people of Israel accompanied by instructions on how to read and pronounce the numbers one through ten in Hebrew.

Subject term:

Counting–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Israel–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0876145586

Tags:

Asia, children’s books, counting, elementary school, Hebrew, history, information, Israel, Lower Grammar, Middle East, multicultural, numbers, People and Places, picture book, social studies

Winter – Librarian of Basra

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Winter

Personal Author:

Winter, Jeanette.

Title:

The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Personal subject:

Baker, Alia Muhammad–Juvenile literature.

Summary: The librarian of Basra, Iraq, worries that after fourteen years of being a place for readers, her library’s thirty thousand books will be destroyed by war.
Subject term:

Librarians–Iraq–Ba·srah–Biography–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Libraries–Destruction and pillage–Iraq–Ba·srah–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Iraq War, 2003-2011–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0152054456 : $16.00

Local system #:

(Sirsi) i0152054456

Younan – Witnessing for peace

CELC

261.873 Y

Younan

Younan, Munib, 1950-
Witnessing for peace : in Jerusalem and the world / Munib Younan ; edited by Fred Strickert
Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2003
Description xiv, 169 p. ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index
Summary The rapidly deteriorating situation in Israel/Palestine dashed hopes of imminent peace or even accommodation between Israeli and Palestinians.  A Palestinian Christian leader and outspoken advocate of nonviolence and of Palestinian rights, Bishop Younan addresses this situation and its imperatives. A child of Palestinian refugee parents and raised in Jerusalem, Younan has spent his life pastoring Palestinian Christians and searching for nonviolent solutions in this complex and volatile religious and political scene.  First he presents the historical and social context of the Palestinian situation, starting with the not-well-known story of Arab Christianity and his own background. He elaborates his own theology of nonviolence, centered in heeding a call to justice, inclusion, and forgiveness. He illustrates the notion with dramatic and often tragic episodes and shows how it can address key issues in the current struggle with Israel over statehood, land, and refugees. Younan’s model of Christian nonviolence also has demonstrable benefits in addressing terrorism, interreligious strife, and global peacemaking. Younan’s is a voice all Christians of conscience should hear.
Subjects Peace — Religious aspects — Christianity
Arab-Israeli conflict
Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Add Name/S Strickert, Frederick M

Wiesel – Judges

CELC

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Wiesel

Personal Author:

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-

Uniform title:

[Juges. English]

Title:

The judges : a novel / by Elie Wiesel.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication info:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c2002.

Physical description:

209 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary: A plane en route from New York to Tel Aviv is forced down by bad weather. A nearby house provides refuge for five of its passengers: Claudia, who has left her husband and found new love; Razziel, a religious teacher who was once a political prisoner; Yoav, a terminally ill Israeli commando; George, an archivist who is hiding a Holocaust secret that could bring down a certain politician; and Bruce, a would-be priest turned philanderer.

Their host—an enigmatic and disquieting man who calls himself simply the Judge—begins to interrogate them, forcing them to face the truth and meaning of their lives. Soon he announces that one of them—the least worthy—will die.

The Judges is a powerful novel about guilt, innocence, and the perilousness of judging both.  It reflects the philosophical, religious, and moral questions that are at the heart of Elie Wiesel’s work.

Subject term:

Judges–Fiction.

ISBN:

0375409092 (alk. paper) : $24.00

Walking in their footsteps

CELC

261.873 W

Walking

Title: Walking in their footsteps : an account of the December 2002 ELCA delegation from the New England and Southeast Michigan Synods to the ELCA Church in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Description: 54 p. : col. photos; Suggested Reading (pp. 53-54)

Subject: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

Hamada – Understanding the Arab World

CELC

220.893 H

Hamada

Author     Hamada, Louis Bahjat.
Title     Understanding the Arab world / Louis Behjat Hamada.
Publisher     Nashville, Tenn. : T. Nelson Publishers, c1990.
Descrip.     216 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliog.     Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-195) and indexes.
Subject Arabs in the Bible.
Arabs.
Hamada, Louis Bahjat.
Arabs — Missions.
Christianity and other religions — Islam.
Islam — Relations — Christianity.
Jewish-Arab relations — Religious aspects — Christianity.
Terrorism — Religious aspects — Christianity.
Protestantism and Zionism — Controversial literature.
ISBN     0840731620

Traylor – Jerusalem

CELC

FIC T

Traylor

Personal Author:

Traylor, Ellen Gunderson.

Title:

Jerusalem–the city of God : a novel / Ellen Gunderson Traylor.

Publication info:

Eugene, Or. : Harvest House, c1995.

Physical description:

xi, 631 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary:

Written chronologically in a novel format,  describing the setting, people, and character of the city at each point in time, this is an impressively ambitious, slightly whimsical, and never-boring tale.  The city, Jerusalem, is so sacred it captures the imagination. Generations have lived in the shadows of its walls-Abraham, Isaac, David, Bathsheba, Jesus, Invaders, Crusaders, the dispersed people of Israel returning at last to their beloved homeland. This is a sweeping saga of their loves, losses, hopes, and glories. Amid the remarkable human drama is revealed the hand of One who calls the city His own.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History–Fiction.

ISBN:

0890819858 (pbk.) : $12.99

Thoene – Gates of Zion

CELC

FIC T

Thoene

Personal Author:

Thoene, Bodie, 1951-

Title:

The gates of Zion / Bodie Thoene ; research and development by Brock Thoene.

Publication info:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c1986.

Physical description:

368 p.

Series:

(The Zion chronicles ; bk. 1)

Summary:

The Zion Chronicles series covers the events surrounding Israel’s statehood in 1948. Each book vividly portrays the intense struggle of the Jewish people in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the forces, within and without, which engulf the Middle East in conflict and controversy even today. Will there ever be peace in Zion? The Jewish people wonder as they stream into the British Mandate of Palestine after the devastation of World War II. What has happened to God’s promises to their nation?

Geographic term:

Palestine–History–Partition, 1947–Fiction.

ISBN:

0871238702

Tenney – Hadassah covenant

CELC

FIC T

Tenney

Personal Author:

Tenney, Tommy, 1956-

Title:

The Hadassah covenant / Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen.

Publication info:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2005.

Physical description:

349 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Summary:

The modern-day Hadassah, already introduced to readers, is the wife of Israel’s Prime Minister. The inner pain she feels as her beloved land and people are terrorized by political strife is made even more personal as her own father comes under attack. An antiquities expert discovers ancient documents bridging the centuries and pointing to another conspiracy, one that has tragic implications for modern-day Jews living in Iraq and Iran, where Queen Esther had laid her own life on the line to save her people. Can Hadassah’s already fragile marriage survive the request she must make?

Subject term:

Women–Israel–Fiction.

Subject term:

Women–Iran–Fiction.

Geographic term:

Israel–Fiction.

Geographic term:

Iran–Fiction.

Added author:

Olsen, Mark Andrew.

ISBN:

076422736X : $19.99