Rachel Weeping: Jews, Christians, and Muslims at the Fortress Tomb

Early Christian writers merely note the existence of a tomb of Rachel, but later witnesses speak of a Greco-Roman era pyramid, then of a Crusader builder who put the dome in place, followed by extensive renovations in 1615 by Mohammed Pasha of Jerusalem, and finally of the nineteenth- century recons...

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Published in:Interpretation 2008, Vol.62 (3), p.333
Main Author: Towner, W. Sibley
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Christians
Muslims
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Summary:Early Christian writers merely note the existence of a tomb of Rachel, but later witnesses speak of a Greco-Roman era pyramid, then of a Crusader builder who put the dome in place, followed by extensive renovations in 1615 by Mohammed Pasha of Jerusalem, and finally of the nineteenth- century reconstruction of the tomb at the initiative of the British Jewish philanthropists Moses and Judith Montefiore.
ISSN:0020-9643
2159-340X
DOI:10.1177/002096430806200317