borders of israel known as arabs 20 years of mohammed’s death jerusalem in arab hands Arab temple built on site of jewish temple → main centre of arab/jewish conflict Hebron: where Abraham buried (jews and arabs trace religion back to Abraham) → site of conflict christians and jews lived in palestine while under islamic control 1516-wwi: control went from islamic world → ottomans zionism - symbol of hope zion = jewish name for jerusalem during dispersion symbolised placed where jews would feel
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word of the Lord by prophet Samuel” (1 Chronicles 11:3). During the reigning of David in Israel‚ he made the city of Jerusalem the capital. David reigned Israel for forty years and during this year he brought peace to all its nation. David then get older and he died in the age between 70-75. His Son‚ Salomon‚ then become his successor and heir‚ and he built the first temple in Jerusalem‚ which was to be the permanent home of the ark of covenant. There‚ people make burned offerings of animals‚ grain
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This is supported by the fact that their is a reference to the “destruction of the temple in Jerusalem which took place in 70 CE”(Schweizer‚ Eduard‚The Good News According to Mark). Moreover this gives the impression that the Gospel of Mark was written sometime during the war between Rome and the Jews (66-74). Those who support an earlier date
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The Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem is the resting place for Jesus Christ after his death on the cross‚ and this is a common place for Christians to visit‚ with obvious reason. With this in mind‚ Christianity spread throughout the Middle East and Western Europe. Eventually‚ believers studied past Biblical events and geographic locations as practices of their faith and freedom. The Christian pilgrims went through many struggles in their visits to the Holy Land and Jerusalem. The Christian pilgrims
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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
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Battle of Hattin 1187 Islam in Europe 3258 Professor Aitana Guia Submitted by: Sunaina Mannan 209 334 574 York University To account for the many factors that gave birth to the fall of Jerusalem in 1187‚ one must consider many interrelated and yet parallel factors that shaped The Battle of Hattin; as this was a historic battle for both the Turks and Crusaders. Respectively it justified Saladin’s struggle to unify his people under his leadership
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The most prominent person in my life is Jesus Christ. It is in him that I live‚ move and find my being. He is so gentle‚ kind and loving. He speaks with so much wisdom‚ signs and wonders he performs. He causes the blind to see‚ the deaf to hear‚ the dumb to speak‚ and the lame to walk. He has never spoken a lie or hated anyone. He is a true symphony of love‚ peace and joy. He is royalty. He is indeed the lover of my soul. Before he left this earth he promised that He is gone to prepare a place
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this faith has survived to become Judaism and effected the world; in a special way‚ to Christianity and Islam‚ and come together in one God. To find some things new in vestiges of the ancient Israelites such as the destruction of the Solomon’s temple‚ tiny scrolls‚ and marks on the rocks‚ and so on; the archeologists never stop asking some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: Where did the ancient Israelites come from? How and when did their religion transform into modern Judaism? Who
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returned to Jerusalem from Susa‚ he first personally assessed the situation of Jerusalem’s destruction. Afterwards he called the people and shared his vision. The Bible stated that the people responded to Nehemiah (see Neh. 2:8). This shows clearly that from the start of his mission Nehemiah had willing followers. They were willing to follow because they realize that the vision was good and that some of their needs as a community will be met. Maxwell noted that the wall of Jerusalem was rebuilt because
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The historical Jesus Jesus Christ was born in 2-6 BCE in Bethlehem‚ Judea and he was the child of a peasant woman. Jesus was an uneducated man‚ he never went to college‚ had no family and worked as a carpenter up until he was 30 years old but more importantly he never wrote a book‚ which draws the question ‘ how do we know so much about Jesus’ life? There is very little written about Jesus’ early life. Most of Jesus’ life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament Bible‚ known as the
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