Jerusalem and Mecca
Subtitle: the typology of the holy city in the Near East
By: F. E. Peters.
Series: New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization ;; no. 11
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem); Kaʻbah.; Jewish shrines.; Islamic shrines -- Jerusalem.; Islamic shrines -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca.; Christian shrines -- Jerusalem.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Jerusalem.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca.; Jerusalem -- Religious life and customs.; Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Religious life and customs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [243]-258.
Includes index.