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On the holiness of Jerusalem in Judaism and Islam.

Publication: Midstream
Publication Date: 01-JUL-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: On the holiness of Jerusalem in Judaism and Islam.(Religion And History)

Article Excerpt
For 3000 years the eternal city of Jerusalem has held the most exalted position in the Jewish religion, and a place of unparalleled importance in Jewish life and history.

First and foremost, King Solomon built the first Holy Temple in Jerusalem between the years 965 and 928 BCE. At that time, the Holy Temple was the stronghold of the Jewish religion, containing the Holy Ark and the holiest altar in the nation for bringing ritual sacrifices as offerings to God. But in the year 586 BCE the Babylonian monarch Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem, destroyed the Holy Temple, carried off its implements made of precious metals, and exiled the Jews of Jerusalem to Babylon.

Although Nebuchadnezzar had laid waste to the Holy Temple, its holiness remained and it was then that the Jewish exiles swore: "if I forget you Jerusalem, may I forget my right hand and may my tongue adhere to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember, if I do not hold Jerusalem above my greatest joy." Generations of Jews have kept this vow to the present day. The nation longingly remembered the holiness of Jerusalem throughout thousands of...

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