AN N EA 10W Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Temple Mount, Karen Armstrong, Israelites
Document Summary
Solomon built a temple to yahweh and a royal palace for the king. The presence of yam was a reminder that the forces of chaos were never entirely overcome. Placed at the threshold of the temple, it was a reminder of the challenge and effort that the creativity inspired by the sacred seems to inspire and require. The temple was imaginatively associated with mount zion. Once the ark was installed there, the site became for the israelites a center that linked heaven and earth and also had its roots in the underworld, represented by the primal sea. Built on the summit of mount of zion, the temple also represented the garden of. The temple had mirrored the garden of eden. The garden of yahweh heals the visitors in them that sense of separation which lies at the root of the religious quest. The temple built by solomon on mount zion gave pilgrims and worshippers an experience of god.
