Jerusalem: The Biography

anti-Temple traditions, 99–100

Babylonian destruction, 44

Foundation Stone, 148, 508n, 509, 515

Herod’s Temple, 84–7, 183, 295, 354n

and Jewish commemoration, 374

and Jewish revolt, 1–10, 122–3, 125, 131–2

Julian’s rebuilding, 150

and life of Jesus, 99–102, 104, 109–10

and Maimonides’ grieving, 240–1

and PLO denial, 505–6, 508

Roman depredations, 72–3, 78

Second Temple, 49–50, 85

Solomon’s Temple, 7, 25–8, 50, 85, 159, 183

spoliation under Antiochus, 62–3

Third Temple, 437, 502, 505

treasures, 7–8, 31, 33, 51, 60, 129, 130n, 159

Temple Institute, 86n

Temple Mount, xix, xxi, 9, 16, 72, 122–3, 147–9, 195, 241, 361, 400, 420, 434, 488

and Albanian conquest, 327

and Arab conquests, 170, 175–9, 182–3, 185, 190–1, 200

and Arab Revolt, 448

and archaeology, 355, 379

and Crusaders, 211–12, 221, 227–9, 270

and European visitors, 322, 325, 348–9, 378–9, 422

Herod’s constructions, 67n, 71, 85

and Intifada, 503

and Islamic sultanate, 254, 268–9

and Israeli wars, 466, 492–5

and Jewish festivals, 153–4

Jewish picnics, 58n, 384

and Mamluk sultanate, 276, 280, 284, 286, 288

negotiations and access, 509–10, 514–16, 517

and Ottoman sultanate, 291–3, 295, 299n, 304, 307–8

and Parker fiasco, 389, 391–2

reconsecration, 162

Roman constructions, 134–6, 138

sacred status, 27–8, 152n and Second Coming, 502–4

and Seljuk conquest, 202

tomb of King Hussein, 479, 484

tunnel construction, 509

and World Islamic Conference, 439

see also Haram al-Sharif Temple Mount Faithful, 503

Temple of Amun, 31

Temple of Jupiter, 134, 135n, 138, 140

Temple of Solomon, see al-Aqsa Mosque Ten

Commandments, 17

Tennenbaum, Leah, 399–400

Tenth Legion, 9, 132, 136, 138, 363n

Tetragrammaton, 302

Teutonic Knights, 267–8, 270

Texas, 382

Thackeray, William, 336, 339, 345, 347

Theodora, Empress, 158–60

Theodora, Queen of Jerusalem, 237–8

Theodorich, 219, 239n

Theodosius I, Emperor, 148n, 151

Theodosius II, Emperor, 153–6

Thibault of Champagne, Count, 270

Third Wall, 114, 126

Thirty Years War, 300

St Thomas, 108

Thomas, Lowell, 404, 425–6, 433n

Thomas the gravedigger, 162n

Thomas the Presbyter, 172

Thompson, Archbishop William, 354

Thomson, William, 329, 337

Thousand and One Nights, 189, 363

Thrace, 50

Three Pashas, 394–401, 403, 415n

Tiberias, 95, 111, 115, 161, 164, 177, 246, 295

Tiberius, Emperor, 95, 98, 99n, 110–12

Tiferet Israel Synagogue, 352n

Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria, 33–4

Tigris, river, 150

Tikrit, 251

Timberlake, Henry, 299–301

Titus, Emperor, 1–10, 38, 44, 66n, 84n, 87, 99, 124–6, 129, 131, 133, 134n, 136, 479

Tobiah the Amnonite, 56n

Tobler, Titus, 356

Tobruk, 459

Toldot Haron, 486

Tomb of Kings, 355

Tomb of Simon, 360

Tomb of the Abyss, 27n

Tomb of Zechariah, 132

Torah, 45n, 51, 61, 62, 70, 90, 190, 279, 298, 338

Torquemada, Tomás de, 294

Tosefta, 139

Touro, Judah, 352n

Tours, 186

Tours, Battle of, 65n

Tower of Babel, 42, 45n

Tower of David, 84n, 203, 214, 217, 225, 236, 243, 245, 249, 260, 269–70, 280, 288, 292, 307, 319, 356, 363, 378, 418, 420, 452

see also Citadel

Trajan, Emperor, 133–4, 160

Transjordan, 433, 446, 448

Transylvania, 304n

Treaty of Jaffa, 263

Treaty of Karlowitz, 305

Trieste, 513

Tripoli, 209, 215

Trojan Wars, 14–15

Trotsky, Leon, 383, 423n, 429n

True Cross, 146–7, 152, 162, 164–5

and Crusaders, 214, 217, 220, 223, 227, 236, 244, 247–9, 258–61, 263

Truman, Harry S., President, 410, 463–4, 476

Tunis, 506

Tunisia, 194, 251, 283

Turanshah, Sultan, 271

Turin Shroud, 108

Turjman, Ihsan, 422

Turkish Lions, 275

Tustari, Grand Vizier, 200

Twain, Mark, xxiv, 357–8

Twelve Apostles, 97, 99, 103, 109

Tyler, John, President, 336

Tyre, 22, 27, 53, 202, 220, 227, 236, 255

Tyropaean Valley, 35n

Ubadah ibn al-Samit, 177n

Ubayd Allah (al-Mahdi), 194

Uganda, 381–2, 410, 453

Uhuh, Battle of, 177

Ukraine, 50n, 301–3, 359n, 444, 486n

Umayyad dynasty, 178–87

Union of Zionist-Revisionists, 430

United Arab Command, 491

United Arab Republic (UAR), 490

United Nations, 48n, 466–7, 468–71, 478, 483, 492, 495–6, 514, 519

United Resistance Command, 462, 465

United States of America

American Civil War, 347n

American Constitution, 336

American Jews, 428, 500

early colonists, 300–2

and Jewish immigration, 370

and Six Day War, 494, 496

and Suez crisis, 490

and state of Israel, 467

Unur, Atabeg of Damascus, 224, 229, 233, 235

Ur, 16, 45n

Urban II, Pope, 208

Uriah the Hittite, 23, 363

US Zionist Federation, 428

Usamah bin Munqidh, xxv, 223–5, 229–31, 233, 237, 239, 241, 252

Ustinov, Baron Plato von, 366

Vagabond Café, 444

Valley of Hinnom, 40, 185n

Valley of Jehoshaphat, 227

Vanderbilt, Consuelo, 389

Varus, Publius Quinctilius, 93

Venice, 207n

Verdun, 408, 416

Versailles peace conference, 427–8

Vespasian, Emperor, 1–2, 5, 124–6, 129, 131–2

Vester, Frederick, 485

Via Dolorosa, 106n, 135n, 286, 300, 344n, 356, 497

Victoria, Queen, 324, 332, 341, 350, 354, 368, 454n

Vienna, 292, 304, 352, 373, 376, 398

Villiers, Captain Hyde, 389n

Vilna, 350n, 359n, 501

Vincent, Père, 390

Virgin Mary, see Mary, mother of Jesus

Virgin’s Tomb, see Church of Our Lady of Jehoshaphat

Vitruvius, 85n

Volney, Constantin, 310–11

von Papen, Franz, 396, 409, 416, 439n

Wagner, Richard, 423