The Dome of the Rock

2018 ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Alain Fouad George
Keyword(s):  
Dome Of The Rock

Midrash, Myth, and Bakhtin's Chronotope: The Itinerant Well and the Foundation Stone in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Adelman
Keyword(s):  
Rabbinic Literature ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The World ◽  
Dome Of The Rock ◽  
Temple Mount ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Foundation Stone

AbstractThroughout the midrash Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), motifs are recycled to connect primordial time to the eschaton. In this paper, I read passages on the well “created at twilight of the Sixth Day” in light of Bakhtin's notion of “chronotope” (lit. time-space). The author of PRE disengages the itinerant well from its traditional association with the desert sojourn and links it, instead, to the foundation stone of the world (even shtiyah) at the Temple Mount. The midrash reflects the influence of Islamic legends about the “white stone” around which the Dome of the Rock was built (ca. 690 C.E.). Over the course of the discussion, PRE is understood in terms of the genre “narrative midrash” and compared to classical rabbinic literature in order to illustrate changes in both form and content arising from the author's apocalyptic eschatology.

scholarly journals The Foundation of the Qubbat as-Sakhrah Sanctuary as an expression of Abd-al Malik Ibn Marwan’s piety and/or political premises

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Przemysław Nowogórski
Keyword(s):  
Seventh Century ◽  
Dome Of The Rock ◽  
Temple Mount ◽  
The Temple

At the end of the seventh century, Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan built the Qubbat as-Sakhrah sanctuary on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is difficult to explain the reasons for the foundation of the sanctuary. The caliph may have wanted to make it an alternative destination for the Hajj, as Mecca was under the occupation of Anti-caliph Ibn al-Zubayr. Another reason may have been tied to the caliph’s desire to commemorate Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey. The surviving written records fail to provide an unambiguous explanation of either of these hypotheses. The location, architecture, and decoration of the Dome of the Rock suggest that the Caliph built a magnificent monument for the greater power and glory of Islam.  

The Design of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doron Chen
Keyword(s):  
Dome Of The Rock
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