In addition to the above-mentioned volume by Burrell and Landau (which was essentially Jewish-Christian), one can cite for background reading Saul Colbi, A History of Christian Presence in the Holy Land (University Press of America, 1988), which concentrates mainly on the British Mandate period and was reviewed by our group as "helpful informth dn" but gives an incomplete picture.

F.E. Peters, Jerusalem the Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginning of Modern Times (Princeton University Press, 1985), and Jerusalem and Mecca: The Typology of the Holy City in the Near East (New York University Press, 1986). N. Biggar, J. Scott, and Wm. Schweiker, eds., Cities of Gods: Faith, Politics and Pluralism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Greenwood, 1986) provide advanced reading in theology and politics. 

This essay originally appeared in CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter 1994.

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