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Rock Moriah - the Foundation rock |
Where was the Temple Mount?
- reference theories from the Net for further study -
- reference theories from the Net for further study -
Rock Moriah, the Foundation rock, at the Temple Mount under the Dome of
the Rock in the holy city of Jerusalem, Israel(photo corrected from achieve c.1900-1920). "According to the sages
of the Talmud it was from this rock that the world was created, itself
being the first part of the Earth to come into existence. In the words
of the Zohar: “The world was not created until God took a stone called
Even haShetiya and threw it into the depths where it was fixed from
above till below, and from it the world expanded. It is the centre point
of the world and on this spot stood the Holy of Holies”. According to
the Talmud, it was close to here, on the site of the altar, that God
gathered the earth that was formed into Adam. It was on this rock that
Adam- and later Cain, Abel, and Noah- offered sacrifices to God. Jewish
sources identify this rock as the place mentioned in the Bible where
Abraham fulfilled God's test to see if he would be willing to sacrifice
his son Isaac. The mountain is identified as Moriah in Genesis 22. It is
also identified as the rock upon which Jacob dreamt about angels
ascending and descending on a ladder and consequently consecrating and
offering a sacrifice upon."~ wikipedia
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Abraham and Isaac |
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Leloir - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel |
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2007-12-29 Panorama of the Temple Mount, inc Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives. Bienchido |
"Because of our sins we were exiled from our country and banished
from our land. We cannot go up as pilgrims to worship Thee, to perform our
duties in Thy chosen house, the great and Holy Temple which was called by
Thy name, on account of the hand that was let loose on Thy sanctuary. May
it be Thy will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, merciful King, in Thy
abundant love again to have mercy on us and on Thy sanctuary; rebuild it
speedily and magnify its glory."~ The Jewish Prayer Book
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Aerial photo of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
showing the Proposed Northern,
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"As the navel is set in the centre of
the human body,
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."~
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."~
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.
Where Were the First and Second Temples Located?
On The Location of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem (Lambert Dolphin and Michael Kollen)http://www.templemount.org/ http://www.templemount.org/theories.html
- The Temple Mount at the Dome of the Rock (Dr. Leen Ritmeyer, Dr. Dan Bahat)
- The Temple Mount to the North (Dr. Asher Kaufman)
- The Southern Hypothesis Introduced (Tuvia Sagiv)
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