Amos Elon Quote

In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a unifying factor. Their adherents were equally manipulated by the clergies to regard the others as wicked infidels or idolaters. The centuries passed in constant pious agitation and in frequent religious wars.


Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory (ed. Kodansha Globe, 1995)


In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a...

In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a...

In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a...

In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a...