Jerusalem Explained
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Archaeology grad student Nir Ortal explains the brief 3000 year old history of The Temple Mount, one of the most important religious sites in the world.
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Drawings and Narration by Nir Ortal
Recorded and Animated by Jorge Cham: jorgecham.com
Additional Camera by Kathryn Furby
Images from Wikipedia.org
Special Thanks to: The Jerusalem Press Club, The Israeli Academy of Sciences, and Mishkenot Sha'ananim.
Distributed under CC-BY-SA
"Cartoon Not Available" - That was a gem, joke intended or not.
I didn't get it :/
All the dates that he mentioned in the video, the way I heard them:
1000 BC. King Salomon built the first temple
ca.586 BC. Babylonians destroy first temple
536 BC. Persians are „new boss in town“ ;) , permission to build new temple
516 BC. Second temple finished
20-19 BC. King Herod builds retaining walls and lager temple
70 AD. Big jewish rebellion -> Romans destroy second temple
638 AD. Dome of the rock was built
1099 AD. Crusaders came into Jerusalem
1187 AD. Saladin „kicks out“ Crusaders
Hope you find this usefull =)
This is what we need. Concise and unbiased. Subjective, but to the point and true to the title of the video.
This is fantastic! Something different from the usual science-related PhD content that we see.
Excellent succinct description!
very good explanation thNK YOU SO MUCH !! :)
That was very nice. Thank you.
Nice summary of the history of Mount Moiah. It would have been nicer if he had included the history of Al Aqsa Mosque, since its part of the "Temple Mount".
Good job!
I love the video! Great Job!
Excellent presentation.
Does anyone know how i can get in contact with Nir Ortal..? Maybe an email address?
really impressed by the subject
Thank you man. After watching this the concept about Jerusalem is clear.
Great video, I do a PhD in theology and it is great to have my subject covered by PhD comics
Greatly appreciate, thank you!
Why is the Video unavailable?
PHD Comics 586 BC is year -585, not -586. That's because 1 BC is year 0.
No doubt. Very good
Nice explanation :)
really awesome
I smiled at the "mnemonic". The first part is indeed a convenient coincidence: 586-70=516. However, the second part is actually a different way of saying the same.
Wow, awesome!
So much problem over a rock... are you kidding me?
When a place is sacred, even more strange things are people willing to do for the sake of it. Nevertheless, your concern is truly modern. In antiquity and even in the Middle Ages, nobody would have any problem understanding the concept. "Over a rock" would sound completely "logical" or at least, with enough sense.
_"When a place is _*_believed_*_ to be sacred, [...]"_
Well done Sir
Aww... The fact that anyone studying science alone believes that he/she can explain Jerusalem is endearing... :)
The fact that *any one person* thinks they can explain Jerusalem is kinda hilarious.
Isn't the crescent symbol is something recent in muslim history, that was adopted by the ottomans from he Byzantium?
Great presentation.. If you are interested, you can read more about the personality of the Muslim architect who built this dome..
Good luck
Thank you for doing something in the Humanities!
There is few small mistakes here... like this one - The Muslims first build a very important Mosque called Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa المسجد الأقصى witch means "the Farthest Mosque". This name was described in the Koran as the place where Muhammad ascended into heaven. The Dome of the Rock Was build later, to prais the holy city, and is today the main symbol of the mountain, but actually it less important than Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.
Also, wasn't the retaining wall built by the Muslims to build Masjid Al-Aqsa? I can't remember... does somebody knows?
amazing history (y)
So what happens if an asteroid comes and destroys the whole area with both rocks? What piece of common Earthly item would they fight for then
Lol never before have I wished a asteroid would hit on a certain spot! That would just be something! I'm betting that spot would still be fought over though.
Cartoon not available - it rocks! (pun intended)
Great vid other than the numerology bs. Not sure what the heck that has to do with anything.
The historical content is clearly presented, but I feel that the presenter's brief interlude into numerology detracts from the underlying message.
Interesting history. It speaks volumes about the weirdness of humans
New PHD Video!
Ah salam mo'alay kum.
why is everyone fighting...over the same things
because fundamentalism doesn't use reason
Abraham lived in UR . How could he sacrifice Issac in Jerusalem.
Oh man, you stopped reading Genesis after chapter 11? You don't know what you're missing!
It was SO hard to listen, with all the other voices in the background :(
well then dont pay attention to them
Hmm... Small Innocent Question. The beginning of the video. You mentioned the name of the Mount as Mount Moriah هضبة موريا . I wonder what is the real meaning of this word, and what is the real origin of it in the languages?!! And who named it like that?! Oh And who are the Canaanites, did I miss it in the video or you didn't mention them at all?
And yeah one more thing, it's so far from being scientific to mention stuff without putting references. You're a Master's student you should know better :). If you may enlighten us with a list of references in the Info. about the video.
I find it sad that people would believe something like this would happen.
Jewish people were the original Jerusalem settlers? What is the history of the original settlers and how was their Jerusalem?
The original people there were the Jebusites. They were all killed when King David conquered the city.
***** They never lived in Jerusalem though.
***** if such a god existed in the first place, then what you say would be true, but asserting it does not make it true. No amount of argument will satisfy someone whose position STARTS by assuming god exists, so I won't try, but realize that isn't enough for some people.
hahahahahahah oh you were serious?
***** nice definition of facts you have there. Speaking of which, I have a nice bridge to sell...
Archaeology is cool, and the Byzantine Empire is most interesting. Wish you luck!
2020?>>
I see PHD missed "draw muhammad day". So bad.
*****
Your nightmares
Hi Nir, I just have two wonders here:
As per my knowledge, for Muslims the holly spot is "Al-Masjid Ul-Aqsa" not the "Dome of the Rock" so what is the exact story - I don't know - is the Dome part of Masjid Ul-Aqsa for example?
Secondly, we have always seen crusades to take over this spot, which is unexplained according to your explanation, the spot is not that important for christians in comparison to Muslims and Jewish. Even nowadays Jewish are in control of the land after the so called British crusades at the beginning of the 20th century then handing over the land to Jewish. So we have never seen Jewish fighting for the land although it should be a holly spot for them. We have seen Christians always fighting for the land although it should not be that holly for them. And we have seen Muslims always fighting for the land although the holly spot for them is different?
Hi AMahdy, I think you're confused regarding the area discussed here. Also your history is rather mixed up.
The Al-Aqsa mosque is about 100 meters away from the dome of the rock. The whole mountain is about 250x250 meters. The holy spot for the Christians is 300 meters away from the mountain. The land everybody was fighting over the past millennia is more than 10,000 square kilometers... so your questions are a bit out of context.
Now, dates. Crusades: 11th century. Then Arabs (Salladin). Then Turks until 1917. Then British (NOT crusaders, just British) until 1948. Then Jordan until 1967. Then Israel until today, EXCEPT on the mountain itself, where Jews are denied religious freedom. Seriously. Wearing a Jewish skullcap on Temple Mount is prohibited. Trying to pray will get you arrested by a Jordanian official (Waqf).
Hope this made things a little clearer.
Thanks Yuval Pinter for your input.
Actually I was trying to get things clearer based on what Nir mentioned in the video. All the time he is talking about a holly spot, holly stone. You are talking here about a 10K KMsq land. So we either talk here about the whole land, Jewish, Christians, and Muslims are trying to take control of it since ever, (is it holly for all of them?), and will make much more sense. Or we should talk about the stone on top of the mountain which appears to be holly only to Jewish (Christian's stone is 300 meters away, and Muslim's Masjid (Mosque) is 100 meters away).
British war was not an official crusade, but soldiers were motivated that way, they were told they are the new era crusades and they are fighting for the christians:
*David Lloyd George described the capture as "a Christmas present for the British people." Allenby remarked, "The wars of the crusaders are now complete".* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem_(1917)
Israel is controlling the land today, but Jewish are prevented form praying over there? I'm confused, the mountain is inside Israel or outside of it? Kindly clarify this part for me. And thanks again.
AMahdy AbdElAziz The especially sacred place for Muslims is the roch over which was built the Dome of the Rock (Haram esh-Sherif). And the reason is that the tradition says this was the place were the mule Al Buraq, which carried the Prophet (S.A.A.S.), gave a kick in a place which is still shown to the visitors, in which there is a small hole like that a mule could do if the rock was soft. From there, Al Buraq went to heaven. It is a tradition which many believe, and others don't, but that is why that curious and beautiful structure, the "Dome of Omar", is built not over a decorated and beatiful floor, like other mosques, tombs and places of beauty and worship, but is built over crude & raw & irregular rock. They maintained it like that over centuries, out of veneration.
Steelers! Whoop Whoop
Bible books Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Jeremiah 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jer 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jer 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jer 13:27
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields.
Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Jer 19:3
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Jer 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery,
and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness:
they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jer 44:9
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah,
and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives,
which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Lam 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her,
because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Ezekiel 16:2
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
Malachi 2:11 - Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Rev 11:8 - And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Jesus, my LORD, was crucified in Jerusalem, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt.
Jesus speaks in Matthew 23:37 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Wrong...the dome of the rock was built on the grounds of the Roman court Antonious...the Temple had to have water from the gihon spring and was therefore built in the old city...the city of David.
YHVH BLESS ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE I LOVE AND SUPPORT JEWS AND ISRAEL
Hahaha! Basically to sum it up, yeah?
Religion was created by the powerful to maintain power
The Koran does not mention the Temple Mount or Jerusalem at all. The authors should correct his video and mention that it is only based on interpretations.
Well, he never said that the Koran mentions Jerusalem or Temple Mount.
why do jews think and know that on that rock the world was created in their religious view, since they 1st get to jerusalem after they scape from egypt?
I can't speak to the world creation part, but the first visit to Mount Moriah predates the slavery in Egypt. Genesis 22:2 is where God instructs Abraham to take Issac to that mountain to sacrifice him (spoiler: God provides a ram when they get there). Issac later begat Jacob who was later called Israel, father of the 12 tribes. It is Joseph, son of Israel, that is the first to be relocated to Egypt later in Genesis.
Given that the fathers of the nation Israel had a holy connection with that place, the rest of it kind of makes sense. And there may be additional proof of which I am unaware.
Chris Ferguson thanks i just forgot that part of genesis :B
Many mountains in Moriah. So, why assume that this mount is the same as that mount?
2nd Temple. Transfiguration. Crucifixion... two thieves were crucified with him... Abraham.. Isaac, a ram - one released... does Isaac represent Barabas, or the thief that was saved? Jesus was not crucified at the Temple, but away from... Not saying you are wrong when you say that the Temple was built where Abraham took Isaac to be sacrificed, but saying, Maybe not.
Judaism was created in 1776 in Budapest
Jerusalem was a wooden fortress that stood before the Al Aqsa 632AD 692AD
Current Jerusalem city was named Al Quds up till 1946
Jerusalem means house of bread
Are you trying to start a fight?
Brumby Bailey
Why ?
-516+70≠-586
-516+70=-446
Just a little thing that annoyed me. dont teach people wrong math ;)
Good and informative video though :)
516BC to 0 = 516yrs
0 to 70AD = 70years
total = 586 years
So keep calm
Ashish Verma Yea, thx. As you can read: I was *really* mad when I wrote that comment... :D
But srsly, thx 4 correcting me ;)
That hill is just a giant boob, the rock it's nipple. Why else do you think men have fought over it for centuries? WE MUST HAVE CONTROL OVER MEGA BOOB!
interesting history, which haven't given human being any value.
Catholicism = Christianity?
Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth 🙏
I hope Jews and Muslims Forget all the nonsense and nurture a safe society for their children. Cuz of their fights, children are being killed in collateral.
Atleast for the sake of children they should come to peace, and ask their children to maintain the peace. After all, they have the same roots of the religion.
I call the people to the worship of Allah alone, leaving the false gods, worship the one who created the heavens without pillars. He provides you with all. enter ISlam, get to know Allah, his attributes, his rights upon his creation.
cartoon not available?..... cowardice...
Shabbir Afridi no i'm sorry its not the same thing when religious extremists threaten to kill anybody that draws mohammed (poop be upon him)
Shabbir Afridi Sorry, I've made cartoons of the three (Dad, Mom, teachers...) and not for irrespect, but for humour. What is regrettable is that there are cultures without sense of humour.
Shabbir Afridi Children make cartoons of their parents all the time. In fact, the first drawing I made of my parents was in first grade when I was six years old. My teacher encourage me to do it.
Having said that... kotoroshinoto , no, not cowardice. Preservation of self. It's not cowardly to _not_ poke a sleeping grizzly bear with a stick, it's just good sense.
Lugh314 i'll grant that to a point, but every time people cave in to demands of violent backwards cultures, we give them more power to bully us in the future. We need to police the behavior of other humans, particularly religions, better than this. Bears are another matter, one does not expect a bear to behave in a civil manner. If you can insert the noun for a member of a particular religion into that sentence where "bear" is, then we obviously have a problem that needs addressing.
kotoroshinoto
I don't doubt it's a problem when people respond to a joke (even one in poor taste) with actual, physical violence. But it's not a problem that will be solved by a cartooning physicist.
All I'm sayin' is dude's not a coward for not wanting to (potentially) offend Muslims while he travels through Islamic countries.
I hate when historian with agendas mix historical facts (that we have evidence of) with scripture.
nice video though
evil rock