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“Holiness, War, and Peace”: Ancient Jewish Traditions Concerning the Landscape and Ecology of Jerusalem and Its Environs in the Second Temple Period
doi: 10.3390/rel9080241
“Holiness, War, and Peace”: Ancient Jewish Traditions Concerning the Landscape and Ecology of Jerusalem and Its Environs in the Second Temple Period
s zenith, the Jewish sages introduced special ecological regulations pertaining to its overall urban landscape. One of them was a prohibition against growing plants within the city in order to prevent undesirable odors or litter and thus maintain the city&rsquo
s respectable image. The prohibition against growing plants within the city did not apply to rose gardens, maybe because of ecological reasons, i.e., their contribution to aesthetics and to improving bad odors in a crowded city. In the city&rsquo
) around the city of Jerusalem. Haggadic-Talmudic tradition tries to endow Jerusalem with a metaphysical uniqueness by describing fantastic plants that allegedly grew in it in the past but disappeared as a result of its destruction.
s status is its flora and ecology. The current study aims to address the historical events and the Talmudic traditions concerning the flora and landscape of Jerusalem. In the city&rsquo
The Second Temple period is considered both a pinnacle and a low point in the history of Jerusalem. One manifestation of the sharp fluctuations in Jerusalem&rsquo
s decline, its agricultural crops and natural vegetation were destroyed when the beleaguered inhabitants were defeated by Titus&rsquo
army. One Talmudic tradition voices hope for the rehabilitation of the flora (&ldquo
shitim&rdquo
- Ariel University Israel
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Flora History Ecology Ecology (disciplines) Judaism Metaphysics Josephus Second Temple period Agricultural crops Order (virtue)
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:BL1-2790 lcsh:Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
Second Temple period, Religions. Mythology. Rationalism, the Great Revolt, Jerusalem’s sanctity, ecology of holiness, Religious studies, ancient landscapes, geography of sacred cities, BL1-2790, Jerusalem’s flora, rose gardens, religious regulations, Flavius Josephus
Second Temple period, Religions. Mythology. Rationalism, the Great Revolt, Jerusalem’s sanctity, ecology of holiness, Religious studies, ancient landscapes, geography of sacred cities, BL1-2790, Jerusalem’s flora, rose gardens, religious regulations, Flavius Josephus
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Flora History Ecology Ecology (disciplines) Judaism Metaphysics Josephus Second Temple period Agricultural crops Order (virtue)
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:BL1-2790 lcsh:Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
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