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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: jerusalem, jerusalems, temple-jerusalem, temple-jerusalems, temple-of-jerusalems

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Temple of Jerusalem

The centralized house of Yahweh where sacrifice must be offered, making priestly control a political resource.

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Temple of Jerusalem

Glossary

The centralized house of Yahweh where sacrifice must be offered, making priestly control a political resource.

Political-religious model in the 2024-12-10 lecture.

model

David centralizes authority by centralizing religious ritual in Jerusalem: Yahweh's temple controls sacrifice, and priests control the sacrifice process.

Timestamped Evidence

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

Transcript

"...Byzantine Empire, which are Syria and Egypt. They will also take Jerusalem, where they will build something called the Alam, or the Temple of..."

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