{"id":225,"date":"2014-04-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/04\/what-makes-jerusalem-so-holy.html"},"modified":"2014-08-22T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:32:26","slug":"what-makes-jerusalem-so-holy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2014\/04\/what-makes-jerusalem-so-holy.html","title":{"rendered":"What Makes Jerusalem so Holy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_6N3ksSQiuE\/U1GnxxalrGI\/AAAAAAAAFqA\/n-0aSa-nfs4\/s1600\/Jerusalem.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_6N3ksSQiuE\/U1GnxxalrGI\/AAAAAAAAFqA\/n-0aSa-nfs4\/s400\/Jerusalem.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"401\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-26934435\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">BBC News has a great map, essay, and even video clip<\/a>s explaining why Jerusalem means so much to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The map above, which is clearer on the BBC site, shows the major sites.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-26934435\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The BBC site has several video clips <\/a>explaining the different sites. In one, a tour guide gives you a quick trip around the major sites.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pA-2kLeg8iE\/U1HBo5V1lwI\/AAAAAAAAFqQ\/jb6rMA7Ou0w\/s1600\/al-Aqsa+mosque.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pA-2kLeg8iE\/U1HBo5V1lwI\/AAAAAAAAFqQ\/jb6rMA7Ou0w\/s1600\/al-Aqsa+mosque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">al-Aqsa mosque important to Muslims<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MlEnig8yudY\/U1HBrfMyMyI\/AAAAAAAAFqY\/dhaJ4ZPRnps\/s1600\/western+wall.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-MlEnig8yudY\/U1HBrfMyMyI\/AAAAAAAAFqY\/dhaJ4ZPRnps\/s1600\/western+wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"214\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Wall important to the Jewish faith<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WenXqzhJRXc\/U1HBuWbpoiI\/AAAAAAAAFqg\/P0SiQf9MejA\/s1600\/church+of+holy+sep.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-WenXqzhJRXc\/U1HBuWbpoiI\/AAAAAAAAFqg\/P0SiQf9MejA\/s1600\/church+of+holy+sep.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"216\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Church of the Holy Sepulchre, holiest place in Christianity<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News has a great map, essay, and even video clips explaining why Jerusalem means so much to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. 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