Archive for October, 2008

Khanqat Salahiyya, 1117
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Khanqat Salahiyya, 1117

Khanqat Salahiyya In preparation for the visit to Jerusalem of the German Emperor Wilhelm II (1898), the Ottoman authorities repaired and tidied up the sections of the city which he was to visit. One of these buildings was Khanqat Salahiyya, named for Saladin, which still constitutes the northwestern corner of the Crusader Church of the […]

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Justinian Icons from Sinai, 6th century
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Justinian Icons from Sinai, 6th century

The Blessing Christ, first half of the sixth century. Encaustic on panel. 84 x 45.5 x 1.2 cm (33 1/8 x I7 7/8 x 1/2 in.). The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine. Sinai, Egypt. The possibility of proposing personal interpretations is hampered by the lack of inscriptional evidence. Inscriptions were commonly entered onto icons’ frames, […]

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Excerpt of Speech by MP Josiah Wedgewood to the House of Commons, May 29, 1934.
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Excerpt of Speech by MP Josiah Wedgewood to the House of Commons, May 29, 1934.

I hope that Hon. Members will believe me when I say that I am not pro-Jew; I am pro-English. I set a higher value on the reputation of England all over the world for justice than I do on anything else…but when I see this sort of thing going on, with the Government unable to […]

British Disillusionment 1930 – 1935.
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British Disillusionment 1930 – 1935.

Overview The Story- 1914-1948, MyJewishLearning.com. Primary sources Memorandum on the Western Wall, The Jewish Agency for Palestine, Jerusalem, June 1930. Palestine- Statement of Policy by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom (Cmd. 3692) – October 1930. . Excerpts from Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929 (The Shaw Commission), Cmd. 3530 – 1930. […]

Christian Cavalry, 12th century
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Christian Cavalry, 12th century

Christian Cavalry The Christian cavalry drives off the Saracens below the walls of Jerusalem in this manuscript from the mid-twelfth century. The conquest of the Holy City was to have enormous repercussions on medieval cartography, which saw it as the center of the world. Sarah Kochav. Israel- Splendours of the Holy Land. Steimatzky LTD. Italy, […]

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Drawing of Mount Zion, 1455
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Drawing of Mount Zion, 1455

Drawing of Mount Zion In this splendid manuscript, a copy of an original by Burchard of Mount Zion, drawn in 1455 for Philip of Burgundy, the Holy City is dominated by the domes of the Mosque of Omar, centre, the Mosque of el-Aqsa, right, and the Holy Sepulchre, left. Sarah Kochav. Israel-Splendours of the Holy […]

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James Turner Barclay: Adventurer, Author, Missionary, or Madman, Eretz Magazine.
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James Turner Barclay: Adventurer, Author, Missionary, or Madman, Eretz Magazine.

James Barclay Turner In Israel, James Turner Barclay is known as the man who discovered Barclay’s Gate, one of the ancient gates to the Temple Mount (see page 36). True archaeology buffs know that he also discovered Zedekiah’s Cave, the vast cavern near the Damascus Gate that has fascinated Freemasons, treasure hunters, and thrill seekers […]

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Isaiah Inscription on the Western Wall, 5th century CE
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Isaiah Inscription on the Western Wall, 5th century CE

Isaiah Inscription on the Western Wall “And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb” This verse from Isaiah 66-14 was carved on a stone block in the western wall of the Temple Mount. A number of inscriptions carved by Jewish pilgrims at various times have been […]

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Hulegu Enters Jerusalem, 1260
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Hulegu Enters Jerusalem, 1260

Hulegu, the son of Genghis Khan and brother of Kubla Khan, entered Jerusalem in 1260. By comparison with the European campaigns of 1237-1242 the Mongol progress in the Islamic world had been slow but steady, but an important development occurred in 1251 when Hulegu was sent on a military campaign into south-west Asia by his […]

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Horemkenesi’s Tomb, c. 1080-1070 BCE
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Horemkenesi’s Tomb, c. 1080-1070 BCE

A record of a famine in Horemkenesi’s Tomb Discovered in 1904 A record of a famine during Horemkenesi’s lifetime- the deposition of a witness in the trials of Theban tomb-robbers in the reign of Ramesses XI, mentioning the “year of the hyenas, when men were hungry.” Papyrus BM EA 10052 Letter from Butehamun in Horemkenesi’s […]

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