{"id":2725,"date":"2022-08-11T16:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/?page_id=2725"},"modified":"2026-04-17T18:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:42:56","slug":"2725-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/2725-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Untitled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#41652c\">Jerusalem: Holiness Between Cross and Crescent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">It is now time for us to take a closer look at the city which has received adoration from the followers of the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Indeed, in no other place can one see so vividly the convergence of these three faiths. Let&#8217;s catch up with Eliav as he visits Al-Quds (the Islamic name for Jerusalem, meaning &#8220;The Holy&#8221;) and retraces the steps of the mighty Caliph Omar (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/furniture\/in_depth\/middle_east\/2000\/holy_places\/map.gif\" target=\"_blank\">cf. Map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:25%;flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:50%;flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Temple Mount\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tHNf8xRCPBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:25%;flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"question\">\n\n<p class=\"question-p\">Question<\/p>\n\n<p>How did Islam both absorb Jerusalem into its faith and leave its own mark on this ancient town?<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem: Holiness Between Cross and Crescent It is now time for us to take a closer look at the city which has received adoration from the followers of the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Indeed, in no other place can one see so vividly the convergence of these three faiths. Let&#8217;s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/2725-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Untitled<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3902,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tw-no-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2725","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3902"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2725"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2970,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2725\/revisions\/2970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/israel-palestine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}