New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2018. Consisting of 35 chapters from leading specialists, the Routledge Handbook on Jerusalem provides a broad spectrum of studies related to the city and its history. Beginning with a historical overview starting from the end of the Bronze age, the chapters go on to look at a range of topics including: religious symbolism and pilgrimage; religious and social relations; social and economic history; architecture and archaeology; maps; eschatology; politics.