Archiv für Januar 2014

Issue 6 | Focus – Thousands great saints: Evliya elebi in Ottoman Palestine

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Evliya’s description of his journey in 17th century Ottoman Palestine is a good example of the importance of travelogue, especially as it gives another viewpoint, that of a Muslim scholar. Through his eyes, it is possible to see the cou…

Issue 6 | Focus – An Unusual Traveler: Ida Pfeiffer’s Visit to the Holy Land in 1842

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In 1842 the middle-aged Austrian Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) set out for the Holy Land. To counter protests from her family, horrified by her plan to travel alone, Pfeiffer, who became a well-respected travel writer, disguised this journey as a …

Issue 6 | Focus – “Thousands great saints:” Evliya Çelebi in Ottoman Palestine

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Evliya’s description of his journey in 17th century Ottoman Palestine is a good example of the importance of travelogue, especially as it gives another viewpoint, that of a Muslim scholar. Through his eyes, it is possible to see the cou…

Issue 6 | Focus – „With Eyes towards Zion:“ Visions of the Holy Land in Romanian …

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This article analyses perceptions of the Holy Land through the pictorial representations of Jewish holy places in the Romanian Moldavia synagogues from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. These images implied the sanctity of the bibli…

Issue 6 | Focus – Beholding the Holy City: Changes in the Iconic Representation of Jerusalem in …

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This article focuses on a recent turning point in the history of gazes in and of Jerusalem. For decades, the Muslim structure of the Dome of the Rock and the Jewish Western Wall served as a primary (dual) image for Jerusalem. Yet since the 19…

Issue 6 | Reviews – Between Minority and Majority. …

The volume Between Minority and Majority results from a joint conference of Hungarian and Israeli historians and sociologists organized by and held at the Balassi Institute in Budapest in 2011 and simultaneously published in its Hungarian and English…

TEM volume 68 issue 267 Cover and Back matter

Miscellaneous TEMPO, Volume 68 Issue 267, pp b1-b5Abstract

TEM volume 68 issue 267 Cover and Front matter

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CONTRIBUTORS

Miscellaneous TEMPO, Volume 68 Issue 267, pp 95-97Abstract

PROFILE: BARBARA HANNIGAN

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