HISTORY 2HH3 Lecture 3: Pilgrimage Part II
26 Sep 2020
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2nd temple, jerusalem: no longer have the 2nd temple, still important to the jewish imagining of its sacred history. The western ( wailing ) wall: massive wall on one edge of the temple mount, jews come and pray and leave notes to plead or show devotion, gathering place, local sacred identity for jews. Important role in commemorating the old temple that was destroyed. 2: also, a contract between abraham and god that certified that jews were the chosen people of god. Dome of the rock (7th c. ): very shiny, gold was very expensive, emperors spent a lot of money on decoration to convey the celestial ideal, ornamentation to show that this was a divine space. Calvary: marks the site of christ"s crucifixion, belongs to roman catholic tradition, operated by the franciscans, highly decorated, ornamented in gold, sacred centre of christendom, another altar that the greek orthodox had control of. Some reasons (warfare) would make caravan travel risky.
