Bethlehem : biography of a town
Blincoe, Nicholas2018
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The town of Bethlehem carries so many layers of meaning - some ancient, some mythical, some religious - that it feels like an unreal city, even to the people who call it home. Today, the city is hemmed in by a wall and surrounded by 41 Israeli settlements and hostile settlers and soldiers. The population is undergoing such enormous strains it is close to falling apart. Any town with an 11,000-year history has to be robust, but Bethlehem may soon go the way of Salonica or Constantinople: the physical site might survive, but the long thread winding back to the ancient past will have snapped, and the city risks losing everything that makes it unique.
Main title:
Bethlehem : biography of a town / Nicholas Blincoe.
Author:
Blincoe, Nicholas, author
Imprint:
London : Constable, 2018.
Collation:
271 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Originally published: New York: Nation Books, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472128645 (pbk)
Dewey class:
956.942956.942 BLI
Language:
English
BRN:
2723082