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Jerusalem has long been embedded into Jewish religious consciousness. Jews have studied and personalized the struggle by King David to capture Jerusalem and his desire to build the Jewish temple there, as described in the Book of Samuel and the Book of Psalms. Many of King David's yearnings about Jerusalem have been adapted into popular prayers ...
In December 2007, Jerusalem had a population of 747,600 — 63.7% were Jewish, 33.1% Muslim, and 2% Christian. [ 182 ] According to a study published in 2000, the percentage of Jews in the city's population had been decreasing; this was attributed to a higher Muslim birth rate , and Jewish residents leaving.
Jerusalem historian Dan Mazar reported in a series of articles in the Jerusalem Christian Review on the archaeological discoveries made at this location by his grandfather, Professor Benjamin Mazar, which included the 1st-century stairs of ascent, where Jesus and his disciples preached, as well as the mikvaot used by both Jewish and Christian ...
Jerusalem was not divided among the tribes — Yoma 12a; A snake or scorpion never injured anyone in Jerusalem — Yoma 21a; Whoever did not see Jerusalem in her glory has never seen a beautiful city — Sukkah 51b; Ten measures of beauty descended to the world, Jerusalem took nine — Kidushin 49b; Jerusalem is the light of the world ...
Jerusalem under the Ayyubid dynasty after the death of Saladin, 1193 The Bahri Mamluk Dynasty 1250–1382. 1187: Siege of Jerusalem (1187) – Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders, after Battle of the Horns of Hattin. Allows Jewish and Orthodox Christian settlement. The Dome of the Rock is converted to an Islamic centre of worship again.
The Jerusalem Church was an early Christian community located in Jerusalem, of which James the Just, the brother of Jesus, and Peter were leaders. [58] Paul was in contact with this community. [citation needed] Legitimised by Jesus' appearance, Peter was the first leader of the Jerusalem ekklēsia.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Demographic history of Jerusalem by religion, based on available data [according to whom?] Christians Jews Muslims Arab and Jew at Arab bazaar, Old City of Jerusalem Jewish Orthodox children in Jerusalem Jerusalem's population size and composition has shifted many times over its 5,000 year history ...
Jerusalem has served as the only capital for the five Jewish states that have existed in Israel since 1400 BCE (the United Kingdom of Israel, the Kingdom of Judah, Yehud Medinata, the Hasmonean Kingdom, and modern Israel). It has been majority Jewish since about 1852 and continues through today. [62] [63] Jerusalem was an early center of ...