Karen Armstrong reading 1

I'm starting to absorb the history of Jerusalem now. I am especially excited to read Karen Armstrong's book because she is an ex-nun. Again, it is neat how many different perspectives exist! In the beginning, when she is talking about how each side, the Israeli and the Palestinian, showed her "their" city, it was like two different Jerusalem's. This makes me even more excited to go over there! I am starting to understand how the Israeli's and Palestinian's see Jerusalem holy to their people. If I truly, deeply, believed a city to be holy, I would also want to stake claim! So it makes sense why one would call Jerusalem a mythical city, its roots are so unknown. So unknown, it just sort of disappeared for a century or two. So far, I've noticed that Karen Armstrong goes into much more detail than previous articles we have read. Though it is a difficult read, I am enjoying it. Jerusalem has such immense history, it's really quite amazing. I will admit, I would prefer to learn more about the recent history of Jerusalem (say, the last 1,000 years), but I can see why we are starting at the "base" so to speak.