But the video's one for all seasons, and for those who haven't seen it, it's well worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hah5067AwF4
The eminent British scholar of Islam Professor Denis MacEoin observed of it:
"Kedar is spot on. One thing he does not mention is that by the time Muhammad and his followers went to Medina (in 622, the start of the Islamic calendar), Muslims were instructed to pray towards Jerusalem. But about 18 months later, a revelation came down from God, ordering them to turn about 180 degrees to pray towards Mecca, which they have done since then. In other words, Jerusalem lost its significance as the qibla (direction of prayer) and also as a site for pilgrimage. The Qur'an does not even mention Jerusalem or al-Quds, not even in the verses about the night journey to the 'furthest mosque' (masjid al-aqsa). As for the flying horse etc., that is mainly later legend. It's time these facts were presented in international fora (e.g. UNESCO) and that this and other Muslim claims (e.g. calling the Maarat Ha-Mechpela in Hebron 'Abraham's mosque', as if a mosque existed anywhere in the time of the patriarchs." [Emphasis added]Hat tip: Vlad Tepes blog
Jerusalem is mentioned over 600 times in the Jewish Bible, which is also known as the Hebrew Bible or the OT (Only Testament).
ReplyDeleteI know that because [thank and praise G*D] I possess computer software that searches the entire Jewish Bible for any specific word, and then automatically counts the number of matches, which in this case, is approximately 650.
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Cornelius Tacticus, the famous Roman historian
who lived from year 56 CE (approximately)
to year 120 CE said:
“Much of Judea is thickly studded with
villages, and the Jews have towns as well.
Their capital is Jerusalem.
Here stood their Temple with its boundless riches.”
MODERN SOURCE OF QUOTE:
The Western World (page 141)
by Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009 CE
ORIGINAL SOURCE OF QUOTE:
The Histories by Tacitus,
The Jews (Book 5), paragraph 8 of 13.
NOTE: Remember this when people
attempt to deny that Jews lived in the Holy Land.
Remember this when people attempt to deny
that there was a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
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“The Romans took over Judea in
[year] 63 BC [Before the Common Era].”
SOURCE:
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(chapter 1, page 21) by Rita J. Markel,
year 2008, Twenty-First Century Books,
ISBN: 0822559196 * ISBN: 9780822559191
NOTE: Romans conquered Judea
in 63 BC –- JUDEA, not Palestine!
Now I present four quotes from Josephus,
ReplyDeleteanother ancient Roman historian who
mentioned at least four times that the
Temple of the Jews was in Jerusalem:
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“At this point Crassus arrived to
take over the governorship of Syria.
For the campaign against the
Parthians he removed all the gold
from the Sanctuary in Jerusalem...”
SOURCE: The Jewish War
(chapter 1, page 51) by Flavius Josephus,
translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics,
ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“Gaius Caesar’s accession to power
so completely turned his head that
he wished to be thought of and
addressed as a god, stripped his
country of its noblest men, and
proceeded to lay sacrilegious hands
on Judea. He ordered Petronius to
march with an army to Jerusalem and
erect his statues in the Temple:
If the Jews refused them, he was
to execute the objectors and enslave
all the rest of the population.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War
(chapter 7, pages 139 to 140) by Flavius Josephus,
translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics,
ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“...Cumanus, whose governorship was marked
by disturbances and further disaster to the Jews.
The people had assembled in Jerusalem for the
Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the Roman
cohort stood on guard over the Temple colonnade,
armed men always being on duty at the feasts
to forestall any rioting by the vast crowds.”
SOURCE: The Jewish War
(chapter 7, pages 143 to 144) by Flavius Josephus,
translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics,
ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209
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“...the Jerusalem magistrates, rushing out
clad in sackcloth and with ashes poured on
their heads, besought them to return and
not to provoke the Romans to attack Jerusalem
by reprisals on the Samaritans:
they must spare their country and their
Sanctuary, and their own wives and children...”
SOURCE: The Jewish War
(chapter 7, page 145) by Flavius Josephus,
translated by G.A. Williamson, year 1984,
published by Penguin Classics,
ISBN: 0140444203 & 978-0140444209