JERUSALEM'S SIGNIFICANCE To WORLD JEWRY

The Covenant and the Promised Land

Authors

  • Raphael Jospe The Open University of Israel

Keywords:

JERUSALEM, Covenant, Promised Land

Abstract

The biblical account of God's covenant with Abraham and his descendants begins with a territorial imperative.

The promised land is thus not incidental to Israel's covenant with God, but lies, as an essential component, at its very foundation. Within the promised land, the borders of which were never constant and fluctuated historically, the city of Jerusalem occupies

 

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Published

1993-03-31

How to Cite

Jospe, R. (1993). JERUSALEM’S SIGNIFICANCE To WORLD JEWRY: The Covenant and the Promised Land. Journal of Dharma, 18(1), 18–34. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/998