Episode 124 The Rock and the Beit ha-Mikdash
Ancient Islamic sources about the Dome of the Rock confirm the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.
Supplemental Materials:
- Click here to see the inscription in the Mosque of Umar in Nuba.
- Click here to read the Times of Israel article about the inscription from the Mosque of Umar in Nuba.
- Click here to read the article from the National Library of Israel, “Why Was the Dome of the Rock Built?”
- Click here to see the 16th-century haggadah depicting the Dome of the Rock.
- Click here to read Nadav Shragai’s article, “Ancient Muslim Texts Confirm the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem,” and see the images of the pamphlet from the Muslim Supreme Council that confirms the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.
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