Crossing Borders The beat-up Arab minivan slowed tentatively under the scrutinizing gaze of the Israeli soldier on duty. The routine was simple. About halfway between Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem and Ramallah, the West Bank commercial center, the driver, blaring Arabic music on his radio, maneuvered around the dusty slabs of concrete that composed the Beit Haninah Checkpoint. He waited for a once-over by the Hebrew-speaking 18-year-old and permission to continue. Checkpoints-usually just small
Babylonians in 586 BC. When the Jews returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile, King Darius allowed the temple to be rebuilt. Instead of focusing on rebuilding the temple, however, they concentrated on rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem and as well as their own houses. Over the next four hundred years, the temple continued to decline as a result of natural decay and hostile enemy assaults. In 39 BC, Herod won a battle which gave him control of Jerusalem. During this battle, he slaughtered many priests
Jerusalem, home to some 800 thousand people. Half a million Jews, almost 300 thousand Muslims and 14 thousand Christians. According to some records Judaism is roughly 3,000 years old, Islam is half that at around 1400 years. Islam and Judaism are both Abrahamic religions, by virtue of this, they have intrinsic values that span both religions. The Quran mentions both Christians and Jews, it refers to them as people of the book. As each religion is monotheistic, it could be argued that they both
As one of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem is a historically significant city that is located in ancient Judah. It is now the capital of Israel and is the holiest city of three major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The city’s history goes back to the 4th millennium B.C. and there is evidence that shows the occupation of Ophel as far back as the Copper Age, within present-day Jerusalem. The reason I chose to do Jerusalem as my city is because I am Jewish and Israeli, so not only
Therefore, it is fair to reason that the first crusade was primarily about freeing Jerusalem from the grips of Muslim rule and returning it back to the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Due to the sacred significance of Jerusalem to the Christian faith, the urgency of relinquishing and freeing the city from Muslim rule was the primary objective that the first crusade successfully fought for. In Christianity, Jerusalem was (and still is) a revered and sacred city that held significant meaning to the
nation. To understand the reason for Bar Kochba’s Revolt one must go back many years even before the war. Prior to Hadrian, an emperor by the name of Trajan was the ruler of the Roman empire. Due to the rebellion of the Jews in the Diaspora to the east and the west of them, Trajan, in order to keep the Jews in Palestine from rebelling he had to send a great general to be governor of the Jews in Palestine, a general who was well with the harshness in which he treated people. This general’s name was
Jerusalem, a city like none other, possesses holy religious sites and constant social conflict. It is the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict, with members of each group struggling to coexist with the other. 65 years have passed since the declaration of the State of Israel, yet the Arabs and Israelis have not come to terms on any sort of permanent peace agreement. Part of the struggle in Jerusalem, over the years, has been radical groups on each side taking the conflict to new heights. Jihadist organizations
The Land of Jerusalem People who search for peace don’t realize that it sets within them, they attempt to throw the blame on others and expect them to change first, and this is the problem of Palestine/ Israel. For so many years Jerusalem had been through enormous amount of wars, which held the goal of occupying the land for one individual religion .Three major religions; Islam, Christianity, and Judaism consider Jerusalem as a big part of their worship and for centuries up to till now these three
Chanukah, festival of Lights* Festival of Lights Encourages a Celebration of Cultural Identity As Paula Marcus took an evening stroll last winter with her husband and son during their holiday visit to Jerusalem, they were stunned by the beauty they witnessed before them. In the front of virtually every home, people had built a glass case in order to display their menorahs during the Festival of Lights. "What was so incredible was the quality of the light that the menorahs gave off because in Israel
As a result of these more are killed leading to the cyclical pattern of retribution. This conflict has diminutive weight in the eyes of the people of the world since it has been carried on for so long. The argument for both groups is a claim that Jerusalem is the rightful possession of their religion and the key to the survival of their cultures. Promises for peace are frequent but never upheld by either side. As the everyday struggle for peace continues little is accomplished to up hold that pledge
builder of the Temple of Jerusalem. He has been credited with authoring all or parts of three books of the Bible (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon). King Solomon was the ruler of ancient Israel who reigned from 961-922 BC (8). He is the son of David and Bathsheba. Solomon succeeded his father as king and his territory extended from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. With his wealth he built the great Temple of Jerusalem. In 950 BCE Solomon's
its effect on the Crusades. In "Armies of Heaven," Rubenstein proposes that the whole reasoning behind the Crusades was to prepare for the apocalypse and the second coming of Jesus Christ. The book begins by providing the background of the city of Jerusalem and its first thousand years after Christ. Rubenstein depicts all the events that shaped the holy city's state of being at the beginning of the crusade. For instance, the city was sacked by the Romans in 70 AD, which destroyed most of the city's
may have mercy upon them and forgive them their sins, and if possible allow them to go back to their country. Synopsis Daniel was brought into Babylon during the reigns of king Jehoiakim when the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem, and carried them away as captives. They were taken captive together with Mishael, Azariah, and Hananiah all of them being descendants from the royal lineage. He was given the name Belteshazzar by Nebuchadnezzar the then most powerful king in the
the earliest years of God's chosen people, we can see that worship played quite a significant role in the everyday lives of the people. Until the temple in Jerusalem was built, there was no real establishment or unification of the people since their captivity to Egypt. Solomon, one of Israel's first few kings, built the Temple of Jerusalem. Solomon's Temple was believed to be the dwelling place of God. The Temple was a very complex structure, and because of its destruction there is no abundance
different religious groups (primarily Muslims and Jews) and political entities interpret the image of the Dome. In doing so, I hope to uncover the significant factors of the image that have historically maintained controversy and conflict within Jerusalem, as well as abroad. Before we begin to analyze the traditional and contemporary ways in which different religious sects and political entities interpret the image of the Dome, we must first objectively and systematically deconstruct its image
scrolls would later become known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This first discovery produced seven scrolls and started an archaeological search that produced thousands of scroll fragments in eleven caves. The Dead Sea is located in Israel and Jordan, east of Jerusalem. The dead sea is very deep, salty, and it's the lowest body of water in the world. Because the dead sea is at such a low elevation, the climate has a high evaporation rate but a very low humidity which helped to preserve the scrolls. Archaeologists
today when visiting Israel. This also would have been true in ancient days, although you would have come by boat rather than plane. The port of Joppa was of great significance in both the Old and New Testament because of the access that it gave to Jerusalem and other sites in Israel. This would have been the port Herod the Great used at first to bring in materials for Ceasarea Martima in 10 BC, which is approximately 30 miles to the north on the shore. There is a TelQR located in Jaffa, called Tel
degrees of understanding.” The only reference to Idumea in the New Testament is in Mark where he said some of Jesus followers were from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, “and Idumea.” Nonethel... ... middle of paper ... ..., the wood furnishings inside the Temple caught on fire and the Temple went up in flames. Titus’ army “lost control” and Jerusalem was sacked turning the scene into “a riot of violence, looting, and destruction.” The Roman army “completely ploughed over the site” destroying the temple
senatorial family, and established an impressive military record. He brought an end to the Servile War instigated by the slave Spartacus; cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates; conquered the kingdoms of Pontus, Armenia and Syria; and captured Jerusalem in 61 BC. He entered Rome in triumph, but encountered opposition from the Senate. Pompey then formed an alliance, commonly called the First Triumvirate, with Julius Caesar and Marcus Licinius Crassus. The career of Pompeius opened in fraud and violence
I did not have a religious upbringing, excluding the few half-hearted attempts at taking my sister and I to church and the local church preschool, my parents largely left us to ourselves when it came to religion. My preschool experience was soured by the concerned teachers who wrongly assumed that I was drawing devils on my papers, when in fact, they were obviously vampires. My grandma cried when my parents did not baptize me, and my grandpa has called more than once, worried that I did not “know