Holy City

A Boston University

College of Arts and Sciences course on

Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination

 

Jerusalem in Time

An interactive timeline, data base, and study guide (in perpetual progress). Information architecture and design: Michael Zank, based on an idea by Eike Wintzer, developed in cooperation with the Geddes Language Center and supported by a grant from The Humanities Foundation at Boston University.

Brief History and Demography of Jerusalem

A powerpoint presentation, summarizing the history and recent demographic development of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem in Space

An interactive map of the Old City collaboratively designed by the students of CASRN220, Fall 2000, and last updated June 2007.

Jerusalem. The Municipality in Detail

Based on information found on the website maintained by the Jerusalem Municipality, as well as in Bernard Wasserstein, Divided Jerusalem. The Struggle for the Holy City (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001).

CASRN220 Holy City: J'lem in Time, Space, and the Imagination (Syllabus)

Sample syllabus (Summer term 2007).

Links for further research

Annotated links to information on Jerusalem on the web. Established with the help of Sarah Schlesinger (Smith College). Updated June 2007.