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Jerusalem in Jewish law and custom: a preliminary typology.
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A typology of Jewish laws and customs attempts to identify Jerusalem's significance to Jewish religious practices. Four laws and customs in rabbinic literature have been analyzed to determine if these were practiced in Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple. Jerusalem has been commemorated in various Jewish customs such as weddings, funerals, prayers, fasting and burials, which are still practiced at present. Residents of Jerusalem and pilgrims performed melting-pot customs, mourning cust...
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Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ANDREW G. VAUGHN and ANN E. KlLLEBREW, Jerusalem in Bible and Archaeology: The First Temple Period (SBLSymS 18; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. xiv + 510. Paper $49.95. This volume in the SBL Symposium series includes papers that were presented in the SBL Consultation on
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THE MODERN HISTORY OF ISLAMIC JERUSALEM: ACADEMIC MYTHS AND PROPAGANDA.
Middle East Policy
; ... the Quran, and ascension to heaven. This event was of monumental significance to the development of the Muslim faith. Following news of the journey, Muslims were ordered to face Jerusalem during the act of prayer. Designating Jerusalem as the qiblah signified ...
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The Centrality of Jerusalem: Historical Perspectives
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; M. POORTHUIS and c. SAFRAI (eds The Centrality of Jerusalem: Historical Perspectives (Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1996). Pp. [iv] + v + 244. Paper N.P Calculating 1997 as the 3,000th anniversary of the founding of Jerusalem, the editors celebrate by publishing this collection of scholarly articles offering
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Jerusalem in Jewish law and custom: a preliminary typology.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; Jewish literature(1) written during the past 2,000 years has preserved hundreds, if not thousands, of laws and customs related to the city of Jerusalem. This material has been collected in many books and articles, but no attempt has been made thus far to organize this vast corpus of laws and
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Palestinians in Jerusalem: the denationalization of a community.
Middle East Policy
; Generally speaking, when Muslim rights in Jerusalem are enunciated, history, people and nationalism become intermingled. The reason is twofold: the difficulty of building a case for Muslim rights outside the range of the city's history, as well as the difficulty of disentangling that history from
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Jerusalem as the 'omphalos' of the world: on the history of geographical concept.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
; ... earth. A series of mediaeval Christian maps, of which the Hereford mappa mundi is perhaps ... Though the details of the early Ionian maps are obscure, it is probable that they represented ... contrast to the violence of the Canaanites. Maps, even modern scientifically surveyed maps ...
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Jerusalem in history: notes on the origins of the city and its tradition of tolerance.
Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
; Early in 1994 the Israeli press reported that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Jerusalem would organize country-wide celebrations in two-and-a-half years to mark the three-thousand-year anniversary of the founding of the city of Jerusalem. The Ministry and the Municipality
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Religion and politics in Jerusalem.
Journal of International Affairs
; ... No.2, Winter 1996), p.67; Middle East News Agency (Cairo), 30 June 1994, in FBIS ... 19 December 1991, p.61. (60) Middle East News Agency (Cairo), 30 June 1994, in FBIS ... text was reprinted in Origins: Catholic News Service Documentary Service, 24, no. 40 ...
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Future options for Jerusalem.
Journal of Asian and African Studies
; The purpose of this paper is to examine future political and economic options for Jerusalem into the 21st century. This is a hazardous exercise. The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process could be aborted, rejected by either party, stagnate or otherwise come asunder. Jerusalem is probably the most
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Jerusalem in History
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
; Jerusalem In History By K.J. Asali (ed Olive Branch Press, 2000, 303 pp. List: $18.95; AET: $14. Reviewed by Susanne Martikke Susanne Martikke holds an MA in American Studies, German Literature and Ethnology from Frankfurt University. She has worked as a journalist, editor and translator. There
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