AN N EA 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Lamentations Rabbah, Umayyad Caliphate, Western Wall
Document Summary
Reuilding sacred space: the dome of the rock and early islamic history. Dome of the rock is most visualy stimulating piece in jerusalem. Undertakes extensive building plan in and around jerusalem. Dome of the rock was completed in 692. Al-aqsa mosque built on the site of umar"s mosque during the reign of caliph walid (705-715) Increased jewish presence in the city around the modern jewish quarter. The dynamic of sacred space in early islam. Following the islamic capture of the city the ban on jews imposed by hadrian in 135 is overturned. Lamentations rabbah ( midrashim" or interpretations" of biblical books, dating to 500-700 ce) My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. This is the western wall of the temple which will never be destroyed, because the shekinah is in the west. Size of the space and wehere people were able to worship was the power of each community.
