taken in 2007. The Bible‚ the sacred text of Judaism and Christianity‚ can also illustrate these adjectives of space and how they apply to the city of Jerusalem. The earliest literature describing the city of Jerusalem was written by scribes who lived in Jerusalem around 1000-500BCE. This literature was written to promote the kings of Jerusalem‚ the temple of Israel’s god
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built: the Temple Mount. As mentioned in the biblical text Genesis 22‚ this is the location in Moriah where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac for God. Ultimately though‚ God stops Abraham from going through with the sacrifice seeing that Abraham is willing to sacrifice his own son for him‚ which is enough to show God that Abraham is loyal and willing to give up the life of his only son to prove it. In order to commemorate this event‚ Solomon’s Temple was built here on the Temple Mount. In
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King Saul‚ was first king of Israel he was killed in a battle against the Philistines‚ and then David was chosen as his successor. One of David’s first acts as king was the conquest of the city Jerusalem. He named it the "City of David" and declared it the capital of his kingdom. The choice of Jerusalem despite its various shortcomings which should have made it a horrible decision and most likely led to the city being attacked were its - remoteness from trade routes‚ chronic water shortage‚ unsuitable
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1.7% Druze‚ 3% Other Holy Cities – Jerusalem‚ Safed‚ Hebron‚ Tiberia (burial place of Jewish Patriarch‚ 2nd holiest city) Old City Jerusalem - .9 Km₂ w/in modern day Jerusalem. Home to Temple Mount‚ Western Wall (Jews)‚ the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christians)‚ Dome of Rock (Muslims). Divided into 4 quarters – Muslim‚ Christian‚ Jewish & Armenian. Western Wall/Wailing Wall/Kotel – Site for Jewish prayer and pilgrimage – sole remnant of the Holy Temple. Inaccessible when Jordan had control
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and even popular culture. From the time that the Ark was created as told in the book of Exodus‚ it followed the Israelites in their quest into the promised land and eventually found its place in the Holy of Holies‚ the inner most room of the Jewish Temple that only the High Priest was permitted to enter in order to offer sacrifices to God. However‚ the Ark of the Covenant disappeared inexplicably off of the pages of history by the time of the Babylonian Captivity. The final reference to the Ark of
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and psychical victory for the Jews against the Greeks. How Hanukah came to be‚ the Temple of Jerusalem was overtaken by the Seleucid king of Syria who allowed the Jewish to practice their religion. When the king’s son Antiochus IV gained control
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Land‚ and Temple Presenters : Avi Kiba and Om Thang Lecturer : Miss Chumchano Respondents: Date :21st‚Feb 2013. Introduction Of many crisis which Israel had experienced‚ none was more fraught with danger than the Babylonian Exile. This paper deals with the last days of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem‚ the Deportation of the Southern Kingdom (Judah)‚ Displacement and Disembodiment‚ and the consequent lost of their identity markers like king‚ temple‚ and land
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the Jewish War‚ between 75 and 81‚ only a few years after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in AD 70. He wrote this after an Aramaic version is preserved. Therefore‚ Josephus wrote his books in a fairly comfortable‚ but under Roman dependency‚ situation. It
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David and Solomon King David proved to be a wise and effective leader for Israel. However‚ it can be said that his son‚ Solomon‚ made several mistakes during his reign. Many of his problems originated from his Temple‚ a structure that was conceptualized by his father to be a deterrent against the paganism‚ which infested the land. Yet‚ it seemed as if several of Solomon ’s policies actually encouraged paganism rather than deter it. King David‚ a member of the tribe of Judah was chosen by
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protected by the walls built by Egypt to keep the Asiatics out. Unfortunately‚ the Asiatics took over Egypt for the next hundred years. In this time period Jerusalem was a small city state which had not yet developed Judaism. This gave rise to map two that outlined the “club of great powers” in which the New kingdom of Egypt who had Jerusalem was in battle with the empire of Hittites (Dr. Rainbow). However‚ everything soon collapsed due to reasons that are unclear to historians. Moreover‚ Dr. rainbow
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