Jerusalem – The Making of a Holy City episode 3: In the final part of his series, Simon explores how this unique city rose from a crumbling ruin after the crusades to be rebuilt as a world centre of Islamic pilgrimage. He explains how Jerusalem became the object of rivalry between the Christian nations of Europe, the focus of the […]
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Jerusalem – The Making of a Holy City episode 2: In episode two, Simon discovers the impact on the holy city of a new faith – Islam. He explores Muhammad’s relationship with Jerusalem, the construction of one of Islam’s holiest shrines – the Dome of the Rock – and the crusaders’ attempts to win it back for Christianity.
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Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City episode 1: In episode one, Simon delves into the past to explore how this unique city came into being, explaining how it became of such major importance to the three Abrahamic faiths, and how these faiths emerged from the Biblical tradition of the Israelites. Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities
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A History of Christianity episode 1: professor Diarmaid MacCulloch – reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian. A History of Christianity episode 1 – The First Christianity When Diarmaid MacCulloch was a small boy, his parents used to drive him round historic churches. Little did they know that they had
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