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October 18, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/unescos-jerusalem-resolution-ignores-christian-roots-too/

UNESCO's Jerusalem Resolution Ignores Christian Roots Too

(Times of Israel) Amanda Borschel-Dan - A recent UNESCO resolution refers to Jerusalem holy sites by Muslim names only, ignoring the historic ties of Jews and Christians. In 335 CE, Emperor Constantine, the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity, inaugurated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as part of a rebuilt Christian Jerusalem. The center of this burgeoning Christianity remained outside of the Temple Mount. Bar-Ilan University History Prof. Yvonne Friedman said the Byzantine Christians in Jerusalem "saw the Temple Mount as the Jewish center."

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