Jerusalem holds a spe­cial place in the hearts of Chris­tians and Mus­lims as well as Jews. Simon Gold­hill, a pro­fes­sor of Greek at Cam­bridge, offers an inter­est­ing guide to the city using build­ings to recount a his­to­ry that often has many ver­sions. Begin­ning with a walk along the wall of the Old City, Gold­hill takes read­ers to the Church of the Holy Sep­ul­cher, a des­ti­na­tion for Chris­tians, not­ing that a Mus­lim fam­i­ly holds the keys to the build­ing. He then vis­its the kotel and Haram al- Sharif/​Dome of the Rock, explain­ing the sig­nif­i­cance of each site. He also vis­its oth­er shrines in the city and com­ments on the many, often dis­put­ed, archae­o­log­i­cal dis­cov­er­ies and the con­tri­bu­tions of the Romans, the British, and the Amer­i­cans to Jerusalem’s his­to­ry. Gold­hill depicts a beloved city that has sur­vived and tran­scend­ed vio­lence and con­tro­ver­sy to become the home of a diverse pop­u­la­tion. He explains how faith brought so many lay­ers of dif­fer­ent civ­i­liza­tions to this place and pro­vides a guide for the think­ing visitor.