“The Desert of the Holy City” is a book written by Yizhar Hirschfeld, an archaeologist who studied the Byzantine period in the Judean Desert. This name describes the Judean Desert best – so close and yet so far from Jerusalem, the holy city.

The caves in the rock served as retreats, the water springs were used for drinking, the proximity to the holy city of Jerusalem and the isolated desert constituted a perfect location for those seeking seclusion.

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