Sacred space
Subtitle: shrine, city, land
By: edited by Benjamin Z. Kedar and R.J. Zwi Werblowsky.
Contributors: Prawer, Joshua.; Ḳedar, B. Z.; Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi 1924-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Sacred space -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: In Sacred Space, Benjamin Z. Kedar and R. J. Zwi Werblowsky have compiled a wide-ranging collection of essays exploring a broad array of ancient and contemporary holy places. The book reviews sacred spaces of the ancient religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Indian and East-Asian religions - and discusses how these spaces have been conceptualized and experienced.

Sacred Space provides readers with original and illuminating examples of the myriad ways in which we perceive and construct sacred space.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Proceedings from the international conference in memory of Joshua Prawer held in Jerusalem, June 8-13, 1992.