Abstract

Introduction Marshall Breger, Yitzhak Reiter and Leonard Hammer Part I: Designating and Grading Holy Places 1. How Awesome is this Place: Holy Places in Jewish Law Aviad HaCohen 2. Holy Places and Sacred Spaces: Canonical Issues Kurt Martens 3. The Protection of Heritage and Holy Sites in International Law: A Palestinian Perspective Anwar Abu Eisheh 4. From Unknown Saint to State Site: The Jewish Dimension in the Sanctification Process of Tombs in the State of Israel Avi Sasson 5. The Renewal of the Pilgrimage to Nabi Musa Yifrach Zilberman 6. The Zamzam Well Ritual in Islam and its Jerusalem Connection Ahmad Ghabin Part II: Interpreting Religious Law in Light of Political Needs 7. The Place of Religious Aspirations for Sovreignty over the Temple Mount in Religious-Zionist Rulings Eliav Taub and Aviad Hollander 8. The Battle for the Muslim Cemeteries in Israel Sheikh Ahmad Natour Part III: The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing Issues Pertaining to Holy Sites 9. Nationalising and Denationalising the Sacred: Shrines and Shifting Identities in the Israeli-Occupied Territories Glen Bowman 10. Political Holiness: Negotiating Holy Places in Eretz Israel/Palestine, 1937-2003 Lior Lehrs 11. Search for Common Ground: The Importance of Interfaith Cooperation for the Protection of Jerusalem's Holy Sites Sharon Rosen 12. Christian Palestinian Communities in Israel: Tensions between Laity, Clergy, and State Merav Mack

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