JERUSALEM A CITY OF WAR AND PEACE AND HOLINESS… A SCRIPTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser, enlighten in this paper the place of Jerusalem as a city of war and peace and holiness from a Scriptural perspective. The Rabbinic midrashim support the biblical text and explain the holiness of the City of Jerusalem from a Judaic perspectives. The readers of this paper will discover the different Jewish images of Jerusalem and will understand how Jews have related to this very special place throughout the ages.
Keywords:
Jerusalem, Rabbinic midrashim, Jerusalem City of war and peace, Jerusalem City of Holiness, Jerusalem in the Jewish tradition
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Holtz, Barry W., Back to the sources : reading the classic Jewish texts, Touchstone ed., New York : Simon & Schuster, 1992, c1984.
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Howard Schawrtz, Reimagining the Bible: the story telling of the rabbis, New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Oleg Grabar, Jerusalem, Variorum collected studies series.
Peters F., Jerusalem: the holy city in the eyes of chroniclers, visitors, pilgrims, and prophets from the days of Abraham to the beginnings of modern times, 1985.
Yalkut Shimoni, Moses Given the Name Above All Names.
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2017-01-10
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