Jerusalem: Mount Scopus
18 May 2003
2 June 2008 - Jerusalem Day
Australian Imperial Force Memorial - Mount Scopus (next to Hadasa Hospital)
How the God will be glorified by naming his land “Palestine”?
The author of these lines will have a lot to explain when he meets the God.
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Capitolina:
Roman Emperor Hadrian decided to rebuild the city (city of Jerusalem, after was ruined by Titus – other Italian (70 AD)) as a Roman colony which would be inhabited by his legionnaires. Hadrian's new plans included temples for Roman gods, in particular Jupiter Capitolinus.
Jews secretly started putting aside arms from the Roman munitions workshops; soon after, a revolt broke out under Bar Kochba (132–136 AD), which Romans managed to suppress, enraged Hadrian, and he came to be determined to erase Judaism from the province (and to bring Italians with their Gods, instead). Judaea province (Israel) was renamed Syria Palaestina and Jerusalem was renamed to Aelia Capitolina (136 AD).
So the God of Palestine is the God of the man who changed the name of Judaea province (Israel) to Palestine, and his God was Jupiter Capitolinus.
Hebrew University Har HaTzofim (Jerusalem University - Mount Scopus Campus) - 18 May 2003
Hayatt Hotel Mount Scopus
Augusta Victoria German Evangelical Church of the Ascension
view of A-Tur - "Convent of the Ascension" - Russian Church of Ascension
Judean Desert - between Jeresalem and Dead Sea - view from Mount Scopus - 18 May 2003
created 25 December 2012
updated 25 December 2012