Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . eds ingreat humility to clear away the refuse with hiscloak, and his followers aid him. Even when thiswork of purification has been performed the area hasto be three times cleansed by rain from heaven beforeprayer on it is permitted. Apparently this story is inthe main an etymological myth, to account for thename Kumamah (sweepings) applied by Moslemsnot to the Temple area, but to the Church ofthe Résurrection (Kiyamah). The connection ofOmars name with the Dôme of the Rock is probablydue to the tradition of his clearing the site. Acurious description of a bui
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . eds ingreat humility to clear away the refuse with hiscloak, and his followers aid him. Even when thiswork of purification has been performed the area hasto be three times cleansed by rain from heaven beforeprayer on it is permitted. Apparently this story is inthe main an etymological myth, to account for thename Kumamah (sweepings) applied by Moslemsnot to the Temple area, but to the Church ofthe Résurrection (Kiyamah). The connection ofOmars name with the Dôme of the Rock is probablydue to the tradition of his clearing the site. Acurious description of a building by him above theRock has been preserved by Adamnan, Abbot of , as related to him by a French pilgrim,Bishop Arculphus. He states that the Mosque ofthe Saracens was a square building, put together ofplanks and beams yet large enough to contain 3000worshippers. The building by Omar of a Mosque in Jérusalemis, however, not recorded by early Arabie historians,though Mr. Lestrange has discovered an allusion to [346]. JERUSALEM: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH it in the Byzantine chronicler, Theophanes. Of thatwhich now bears his name the Arabie geographersappear to take no notice; it is a meagre building,probably meant to commemorate a site on which theCaliph said his prayers, he having magnanimously,according to the legend, refused to do this in theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre, for fear this mightafterwards give the Moslems a title to the place; astory which implies that Omar possessed a remark-able power of projecting himself into the the Moslems who took Jérusalem did not seizethe Church of the Holy Sepulchre is doubtless dueto the fact that this site could hâve no interest forthem, since their System dénies both the death andrésurrection of the Christian Saviour; the very nameHoly Sepulchre involves according to them mendac-ity almost comparable to that of the Cretans. TheTemple area contains two sacred buildings of pri-mary importance, the Dôme of the R
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