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Aaron of Jerusalem, was a Karaite scholar of the eleventh century; Ibn al-Qaisarani (1056–1113), Arab historian; Judah Halevi (1075–1141), Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher; Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161–1185), King of the Crusader State in Jerusalem; Nahmanides (1194–1270), prominent medieval Jewish rabbi and physician
It is the base from which nisbas (names based on the origin of the person named) are formed – hence the famous medieval geographer called both al-Maqdisi and al-Muqaddasi (b. 946) This name is of a semantic extension from the Hadiths used in reference to the Temple in Jerusalem, called Beit HaMikdash (בית המקדש "The Holy Temple" or ...
The part of Jerusalem called the City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th ... The average size of Jerusalem's 180,000 households is 3.8 people. [185]
People from Jerusalem by occupation (17 C) F. Families from Jerusalem (5 C, 7 P) Pages in category "People from Jerusalem" The following 170 pages are in this ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Ethnic group Israelis ישראלים إسرائيليون Flag of Israel Map of the Israeli diaspora Regions with significant populations Israel c. 9.8 million (including occupied territories) United States 106,839 – 500,000 Russia 100,000 (80,000 in Moscow) [6] India 40–70,000 [7 ...
Supporting his case, every non-biblical mention of Jerusalem found in the ancient Near East refers to the city as "Jerusalem". An example of these records are the Amarna letters, several of which were written by the chieftain of Jerusalem Abdi-Heba and call Jerusalem either Urusalim (URU ú-ru-sa-lim) or Urušalim (URU ú-ru-ša 10-lim) (1330s ...
Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...
[17] [18] A valley called Wādī Sahyũn seemingly preserves the name and is located approximately one and three-quarter miles from the Old City's Jaffa Gate. [16] For example, the reference to the "precious cornerstone" of the new Jerusalem in the Book of Isaiah 28:16 is identified in Islamic scholarship as the Black Stone of the Kaaba. [19]