THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM The history of Jerusalem over the last 3,000 years is also a history of the Jewish nation and people. Jerusalem, in large part, has been shaped by its geography. Ancient Jerusalem was a mountain fortress. Major highways criss-crossed the mountain fortress. ...
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History of jerusalem Early History of Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city located in modern-day Israel and is considered by many to be one of the holiest places in the world. Jerusalem is a site of major significance for the three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity, ...
Al-Nabulusi’s journey, which took nearly ten days, was finally rewarded with the sight of glorious Al-Aqsa. Al-Nabulusi writes how he dismounted his ride on seeing the walls of Jerusalem and walked the last few miles. Every step reminded him of the companions of the Prophet and pious ...
"Outside of the walls of Jerusalem, in the valley of Gehenna, was kept perpetually burning a fire, on which the offal of the city was thrown to be destroyed. This is the hell fire of the New Testament. Christ warns his auditors that persistence in sin will make them offal to be cast...
In the early 30s of the first century CE, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, a Jew of the Diaspora named Stephen1 was stoned to death near the walls of Jerusalem in an act of lynch law. A young Pharisee named Saul watched the stoning with approval. This very Saul is himsel...
The sound of coins sliding into the blue box my mother had was always softer. Stay updated with the latest news! Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter Subscribe Now In actuality, I was born into the tradition of the blue box. When my father, Louis Geffen, was a boy in Atlanta, Geo...
Fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Second Temple by Titus 73 Fall of Masada 132-135 Bar Kochba's war of freedom - Jerusalem again the Jewish Capital 135 Emperor Hadrian's total destruction of Jerusalem and building of new walls and new city renamed Aelia Capitolina — Jews not ...
According to Josephus, Pilate's first major act was that he ordered Roman standards brought within the walls of Jerusalem (a direct violation of the sanctity of the Jewish faith honoring false gods). The Jews reacted as expected, but on this occasion Pilate only threatened to kill them (assu...
Jerusalem is an ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly under the rule of the State of Israel. Long an object of veneration and conflict, Jerusalem has been governed by an extended series of dynasties and states over centuries.