6.1. The construction of a large church
"temple cathedral" of parts of ruins
[The Temple Mount and its ruins]
East of the Old City of Jerusalem is a rocky plateau
of about 300 by 450 meters, on which next to a few
small buildings only the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome
of the Rock are located. Most of the area is empty. In
the 7th century, the area was a single rubble field:
there were remains of the Herodian temple, remains of
a Jupiter temple, remains of a thousand years of
religious use. Nevertheless, this inhospitable place
was associated with religious emotions like no other:
Rumors say that Abraham was here being ready to
sacrifice his son Isaac to God, and here stood the
Temple of Solomon.
[The inscription means that Imam al-Mamun built the
Dome of the Rock]
According to his inscription, the "Dome of the Rock"
was completed in 72 AD: "This sanctuary was built by
the Servant of God, Imam al-Mamun, Supreme Protector,
in the year 72. May God accept and take pleasure in
him, Amen. Kings of the world, praise God."
[The year of construction: solar calendar and lunar
calendar]
According to the then common era "kata Araba", the
year 72 corresponds to the year 694. However, other
dates are also mentioned. These were the result of the
calculations from the Hijra period [[the invented
emigration of the invented Muhammad to Medina]], which
is based on a lunar calendar and has corresponding
inaccuracies.
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (al-Aqsa Mosque) [1] -
part of the scripture of the Dome of the Rock
[2]
It is undisputed that Mamun was not the builder.
Rather, more than 100 years after the construction, he
let remove the real name of the builder, Abd al-Malik,
replacing it by his own name. The year of construction
remained the same [42].
[42] Maybe the change is not
from Mamun himself, but was made later.
The builder, therefore, was Abd al-Malik, and he
completed his project in 694 [AD. respectively. 72
Islamic period]]. [p.99]
[The Square of the Solomonic Temple]
The choice of the place was clear: the exact place of
Solomon's temple.
[Architectural style: Syriac-Byzantine church
architecture]
The architectural style represents the typical
Syrian-Byzantine church architecture. The basic
structure is a cylinder resting on columns,
single-stored or, depending on the height, another
column walk. The cylinder is arched over with a dome,
to come if necessary further extensions. In the case
of the Dome of the Rock, the cylinder encloses a piece
of bare rock, which was probably considered the rock
of the Isaac sacrifice. This core is surrounded on the
outside by two columns, which define the octagonal
floor plan of the building.
[The Square of the Solomonic Temple]
The place of choice: the exact place of Solomon's
temple.
[Architectural style: Syriac-Byzantine church
architecture]
The architectural style represents the typical
Syrian-Byzantine church architecture. The basic
structure is a cylinder on columns, single-stored or,
depending on the height, being connected with another
circular corridor of columns. The cylinder is over a
dome, and if necessary there are further extension
buildings. The rock of the Isaac sacrifice is in the
case of the Dome of the Rock. This core is surrounded
by two columns, which define the octagonal floor plan
of the building.
[Columns in different antique styles - apparently
ruins were used]
The columns are executed in different styles of the
Antique and sometimes they are even of different
length. This means that they are second hand columns
from ruins. Originally the building should have been
open. The believers were in the large area around the
building and could follow the ceremonies from there,
because on certain occasions the crowd of visitors
must have been very large, such as the annual
pilgrimage.
6.2. The octagon and the numerology of
"perfection"
[Octagonal churches like the Dome of the Rock -
examples]
The cathedral is not an architectural original design,
but is based on numerous existing buildings of before.
There is the Church of the Resurrection on the Mount
of Olives, the Church of Mary Theotokos on Mount
Garazim near Nablus, the Church Kathisma ("seat") of
the Virgin near Jerusalem (also built around a stone),
a church in Busra, Syria, others in Caesarea and in
Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, presumably on the
site of the house of [[fantasy Saint]] Peter.
This church type spread to Italy (San Vitale in
Ravenna) and even Spain (Las Vegas de Pueblanueva).
The church of Sergius and Bacchus in Istanbul ("Little
Hagia Sophia"), which should have been model for the
great Hagia Sophia, is built in this style. It is
therefore a familiar type in the Roman-Byzantine
world. All of these churches were built between the
3rd and 6th centuries, they share the same
architectural elements, and, like the Dome of the
Rock, they have an octagonal plan.
[Octagon: Mysticism of numbers - fantasy
Resurrection - 8th fantasy Day of Creation of
Perfection]
The octagon comes from the religious mysticism of
numbers symbolizing the resurrection of Jesus on the
day after the Sabbath, as the eighth day of creation
completing the creation. The Eight, therefore, was the
number of perfection in medieval [p.100] theology.
Accordingly, the believers under this symbol were on
the way to perfection.
[Octagon: Palatine Chapel in the town of Aachen,
Germany]
Precisely the same octagonal basic structure with a
dome-crowned cylinder above it has the Palatine Chapel
of [[fantasy]] Emperor Charlemagne in the town of
Aachen (Germany from the year 790. Both rulers, Abd
al-Malik as Charlemagne, saw themselves in the style
of early medieval Christian ruler as the successor of
David representing Christ. Even though the master
builder of the Palatine Chapel, with the almost
identical church of San Vitale in Ravenna, had a
closer study object at his disposal, the Dome of the
Rock must have been known to him, because he built the
chapel as an "image of the Heavenly Jerusalem".
Octagon Palatine Chapel in the
town of Aachen in Germany [3]
Supplement: NO
Charlemagne - and the Jesus Fantasy
Christian calendar is 1000 years too
long
According to new research, however,
Charlemagne is also an invention, and the
entire "Christian" chronology is 300
years, if not 1000 years too long. See
Illig: Who shot the clock? (original
German: Wer hat an der Uhr gedreht?) - But
at least the neo classic chappel exists. |
6.3. The Dome of the Rock Church for
the "true faith" of the Arab-Christian ruler Abd
al-Malik
[Dome of the Rock was built for Arab Christians -
it's a church]
In Islamic doctrine says that the Islamic Caliph and
Omayade Abd al-Malik built the Dome of the Rock as a
mosque. The latest research, however, sees Abd
al-Malik as a Christian-Arab ruler and the Dome of the
Rock [S.101] accordingly is a Christian sacred
building. Oleg Grabar [43]
[43] Oleg Grabar: The Dome of
the Rock; London 2006
one of the best experts of the Dome of the Rock,
excludes that the original purpose of this building
was a mosque but considers it as "a kind of sacred
building". He speaks of a "paradox" because
contradictions concerning the interpretation as an
Islamic building could not be resolved. They dissolve
considering this Dome of the Rock as a Christian
building.
[Abd al-Malik's Dome of the Rock for the "true
faith" with the creed of the Byzantine imperial
church with a 240m long scripture]
Jerusalem is then, as it is today, a city of churches.
But from the viewpoint of Abd al-Malik these churches
were all of "the wrong belief". He wanted him, who, as
evidenced, saw himself in the true tradition of Zion,
a monument of the true faith, a "haram," to oppose in
a spectacular place, on the Temple Mount.
He answered with his own view of the right faith to
the ecthesis, to the creed of the Byzantine imperial
church which was installed in the Hagia Sophia church
with Trinity. Traditional doctrine says that this text
in the Dome of the Rock would be Quran verses, but
modern science considers this 240m long scripture
which is on both sides of the octagon a clear
Christian Arab confession of monarchical orientation.
6.4. Islam invents a fantasy Muhammad
in Jerusalem - Crusades - Islam time
[since the 11th century: Islam is re-interpreting all
for itself: Muhammad's flying horse, signpost to Mecca
etc.]
With the establishment of Islam [[on the Arab
Peninsula]], the meaning of "haram" on the Temple
Mount diminished and was less important than Mecca and
Medina. Nevertheless, Islamic legends began to connect
with Jerusalem. In the 11th century, the telling
tradition arose that [[fantasy]] Muhammad had started
from the place of the Dome of the Rock ascending with
his horse "buraq" with a human head and the wings to
the sky. [[This is a speaking spaceship with a
speaking voice]]. Probably also in the 11th century,
the "haram" received the obligatory "mihrab", in this
case this was a plate indicating the direction to
Mecca. However, the "mihrab" was not placed in the
mosque itself, but in a cave below. So far there is no
satisfactory explanation for this.
[Crusades: Dome of the Rock and Church of the Holy
Sepulcher]
For the Crusaders, the building was simply the "Temple
of God" (templum domini), which was associated with
Old Testament memories designating a place where Jesus
also had worked. The cathedrals was not perceived as
an original mosque, it but the belief was considering
the building as an origin temple from the time of
[[fantasy]] Christ. The Crusaders had [p.102] only
little influence, the second rock of Jerusalem,
Golgotha with the Holy Sepulcher, had a higher
significance.
[Islam since 1291: renovations, exterior facades]
Among the Ayyubids, who replaced the Crusaders, the
Dome of the Rock became an Islamic sanctuary. Little
has changed with it in the following years among the
Fatimids and Mamluk, some renovations were carried
out, but there was no structural change. In the Mamluk
period, it was believed according to a common legend
that the Crusaders had built the cathedral to tame the
rock under it. Under the Ottomans, especially under
Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566), major
transformations took place. So the Sultan completely
replaced the outside facade and put the tiles. Also
inside, many elaborations were made, but the substance
did not change.
From 1875 to 1960, nothing happened at all. Between
1960 and 1962, all tiles were removed from the Ottoman
period and new ones were attached, and in 1990, a
further transformation was performed.
Just as the Dome of the Rock presents itself today, it
is a work of the 20th century. We do not know to what
extent this appearance corresponds to the original
shape. Probably not very much. However, the basic
structure and the only surviving part from the time of
Malik have not been changed: the pillars with the
mosaic-covered support structure on which runs the
original script tape - the creed of Abd al-Malik.
[Dome of the Rock = Church - al-Aqsa Mosque =
Mosque]
The Dome of the Rock was certainly not built as a
mosque but as a church. But not as a church for
everyday life, but rather as the central point of
Christian-Arab religiosity, the Dome of the Rock
referred to the place where the Savior would descend.
Even in the time of Islamic rule, the cathedral was
not perceived as a prayer house. Provided with many
secrets and myths, the "Haram al-Sharif" was primarily
the place of the ascension of Muhammad. The general
prayer site was always opposite the al-Aqsa mosque.
Until recently, tourists were shown the true location
of the [[fantasy]] cradle of [[fantasy]] Jesus (namely
in the southeast corner of the area) and told them
more secrets from the biblical and Christian past of
the place - this is now prohibited.
[since 1995: Dome of the Rock is used as a
mosque]
For about a decade [since the 1995 Intifada against
Sharon's criminal Zionist regime], the Dome of the
Rock is what he has never been in its history: an
active mosque. And it became the symbol of Palestinian
nationalism [p.103].
Intifada in Jerusalem,
Palestinians against Zionists [4]
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