“The Mormons on Mount Scopus”

“The Mormons on Mount Scopus” February 28, 2016

 

Qubbat al-Sakhra min Markaz al-Quds al-Murmuni
A view from the BYU Jerusalem Center, looking at the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock.  The photograph, by Yoav Dothan, is taken from the building’s upper auditorium, which is, among other functions, where sacrament services are held on Saturdays.  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Somehow, I missed this article when it was published way back last May.  I think I was traveling at the time.

 

Anyway, it’s a nice retrospective on the strong opposition that confronted the building of Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and a brief discussion of where things stand today:

 

The Mormons on Mount Scopus

It even includes some of the lyrics of a 1986 anti-Mormon pop song directed against the building.

 

 


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