{"product_id":"the-rock-a-tale-of-seventh-century-jerusalem-9780375700781","title":"The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem","description":"The Rock of Jerusalem is one of the world's most spiritually resonant and politically contentious sites: where Adam first stepped upon leaving Paradise, Abraham attempted to sacrifice Isaac, Jesus preached, and Muhammad began his night journey to heaven, . Sorting through the rubble of the three competing faiths, Kanan Makiya has\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewoven a vivid tapestry from centuries of legend and belief to imagine the origins of Islam's first monument, the Dome of the Rock. A narrative of mythic power, \u003cb\u003eThe Rock\u003c\/b\u003e offers a grand tour of seventh-century Jerusalem and-by reminding us of how much Jews and Muslims once shared-serves as a bracing talisman for our times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Baghdad, Kanan Makiya is the author of \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Fear, Post-Islamic Classicism, The Monument, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCruelty and Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 1993 Lionel Gelber Prize fro the best book on international relations. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Independent, The Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. A trained architect, he is a founding director of The Iraq Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that facilitates research toward a democratic Iraq. He has collaborated on two films for television, one of which, \u003ci\u003eSaddam's Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, received the 1992 Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Television Documentary on Foreign Affairs. Makiya currently directs the Iraq Research and Documentation Project at Harvard University and teaches at Brandeis University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323857506578,"sku":"9780375700781","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_68a30cd0-9f7f-495f-980a-5111244c795b.jpg?v=1727661769","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rock-a-tale-of-seventh-century-jerusalem-9780375700781","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}