
Vincent Lemire
Author of Histoire de Jérusalem
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A chunky 250-page history of one of the world’s most contested cities, taking us from Biblical times up to the present day (2022), and telling the story from the perspective of an 4000-year-old olive tree on the Mount of Olives outside the Old City. There are a lot of facts here, some of which I knew and some of which I didn’t. The two that particularly jumped out at me as new were the destruction of the show more Mughrabi Quarter in 1967 and the destruction of the al-Aqsa minbar in 1969. This is a location where political violence has never been monopolised by one side.
A review by Roy Schwartz of the American Jewish Historical Society accuses the book of blatant historical bias, though to be honest I expect that a review from the other side might make similar complaints in the other direction. Schwartz has very reasonable grounds, however, to complain that most of the modern-era Jewish characters are depicted with hooked noses. Vincent Lemire is a well-known French historian of Jerusalem, and he should have restrained his artist colleague Christophe Gaultier from stereotypes. The graphic novel format is not ideal for delivering facts, but it should not distract from them either. show less
A chunky 250-page history of one of the world’s most contested cities, taking us from Biblical times up to the present day (2022), and telling the story from the perspective of an 4000-year-old olive tree on the Mount of Olives outside the Old City. There are a lot of facts here, some of which I knew and some of which I didn’t. The two that particularly jumped out at me as new were the destruction of the show more Mughrabi Quarter in 1967 and the destruction of the al-Aqsa minbar in 1969. This is a location where political violence has never been monopolised by one side.
A review by Roy Schwartz of the American Jewish Historical Society accuses the book of blatant historical bias, though to be honest I expect that a review from the other side might make similar complaints in the other direction. Schwartz has very reasonable grounds, however, to complain that most of the modern-era Jewish characters are depicted with hooked noses. Vincent Lemire is a well-known French historian of Jerusalem, and he should have restrained his artist colleague Christophe Gaultier from stereotypes. The graphic novel format is not ideal for delivering facts, but it should not distract from them either. show less
This book is about the history of Jerusalem from 3000 BCE to modern times. It is indeed a history book; it was not written to entertain the reader, so it took some time to get through. But it was so fascinating. While historical it also included some analysis which was what made it so fascinating. I will write more on that later, hopefully.
Vincent Lemire è uno storico francese e insieme al disegnatore Christophe Gaultier propone una interessante storia di Gerusalemme a fumetti. Oggi Gerusalemme, oltre a essere il crocevia delle religioni monoteistiche è il simbolo della difficoltà di far condividere le sue due anime, a ovest Israele, ad est la Palestina, due nazioni che non si riconoscono, in perenne conflitto tra di loro. Ma l’interessante volume dello storico francese ha il merito di ricostruire tutta la storia della show more città santa e dannata dalla sua storia, partendo dalle origini, da un piccolo albero di olivo che è cresciuto, è diventato millenario ed è diventato il simbolo della pace mondiale. La lunga storia di Gerusalemme sembra poter contestualizzare la tragedia della guerra tra Israele e Palestina, ottanta anni non sono nulla rispetto ad una storia millenaria. Ma la lettura di questo libro diventa necessaria anche per comprendere bene le ragioni del conflitto in un’area che da sempre ha visto la confluenza di diverse culture e nei secoli delle tre principali religioni con le loro derivate. Tra gli ebrei, i sefarditi e gli askenaziti, tra i cristiani, i cattolici, i protestanti, gli ortodossi, tra i musulmani i sunniti e gli sciiti. Piccole differenze che diventano ragione di sanguinose guerre sacre, dalla cacciata degli ebrei alle crociate, dallo sterminio dei musulmani all’esilio del popolo palestinese. Un libro, come detto, necessario non certo di semplice lettura, ma molto interessante. show less
"Jerusalén, una historia de violencia y de convivencia", Guillermo Altares, El País 20.04.2024: https://elpais.com/babelia/2024-04-20/jerusalen-una-historia-de-violencia-y-de-c...
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