Bachelor thesis | Oude culturen van de mediterrane wereld (Bachelor)
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Wat kan het Madaba-mozaïek ons vertellen over de functie van Jeruzalem als heilige stad binnen het Byzantijnse christendom? Een vergelijkend en samenvattend onderzoek naar de huidige stand van...Show moreWat kan het Madaba-mozaïek ons vertellen over de functie van Jeruzalem als heilige stad binnen het Byzantijnse christendom? Een vergelijkend en samenvattend onderzoek naar de huidige stand van zaken rondom het Mozaïek van Madaba.Show less
This thesis aims to analyse the religious significance of the Holy City of Jerusalem to both Jews and Muslims, as well as its relation to the ongoing Arab - Israeli conflict and the failed attempts...Show moreThis thesis aims to analyse the religious significance of the Holy City of Jerusalem to both Jews and Muslims, as well as its relation to the ongoing Arab - Israeli conflict and the failed attempts at peace negotiates through answering ‘how were religious arguments concerning the status of Jerusalem in the Arab - Israeli war brought forward during several rounds of peace negotiations, and to what extent and why have these arguments changed over time?’.Show less
This research deals with discovering how Herod the Great put the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple Complex to use within the political situation of the Roman Empire and the relation of the Empire...Show moreThis research deals with discovering how Herod the Great put the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple Complex to use within the political situation of the Roman Empire and the relation of the Empire with the Jewish People. As client king for the Roman Empire in Judea it was his job to prepare the Judean people for future incorporation in the Roman Empire, for which he used the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple. To prove this was indeed the case I will investigate how Herod used the Hellenistic architectural style – favoured by the Romans – within the Temple Mount Complex while still adhering to the Jewish rules and regulations concerning their Temple. To be able to do so I will be looking at a number of different case studies from various time periods and from approximately the same region as the Jewish Temple and comparing them to Herod’s Temple. These case studies are the Ba’al Temple in Palmyra, Herod’s Caesarea Maritima, Gerasa and the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Each of these shall be discussed in some detail, as well as giving a detailed description of the Temple Complex itself. At this point the main similarities to the Temple Mount Complex shall be chosen from the case studies and put next to the information already gleaned from the Complex itself. This will show how Herod managed to maintain balance between the position of Judea and the future position it would hold within the Roman Empire.Show less
