The Rock

Kanan Makiya

first published 2001 Constable, 2002 hardcover 352 pages

"Whose rock is enshrined inside the golden Dome of Jerusalem? The rock of Moses or of Muhammad? Kanan Makiya gathers together the stories, legends, and beliefs that define the Rock - the place where Adam landed in his fall from Paradise and where Abraham attempted to sacrifice his first-born; where Solomon's Temple stood and where Jesus preached; the rock from which Muhammad ascended to heaven - and transforms them i...

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Rock edition · 2003 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9781841197289
The Rock edition · 2002 · Vintage · 368 pages · 9780375700781
Rock hardcover · 2002 · Constable · 352 pages · 9781841196107
The rock edition · 2001 · Pantheon Books · 349 pages

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