tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post4238500940637273914..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Smaug’s HoardMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-52330644367859706742013-06-23T16:02:02.333-07:002013-06-23T16:02:02.333-07:00"I thought al Quds meant, allegorically '..."I thought al Quds meant, allegorically 'the furthest' as in the furthest eastern most point of travel of Mohammed."<br /><br />No, that's Al Aqsa, per Wikipedia, and since it resembles the Hebrew word <i>qatseh</i> "edge," I think that's right. By the way, that travel was all in a dream.<br /><br />I don't know when the name Al Quds was adopted, but for the first two centuries after the Islamic conquest the Arabic name for Jerusalem was Iliya. It leads one to believe that Jerusalem was elevated in the Islamic view only in reaction to its dispute with Christianity (or Judaism, or both).<br /><br />History can be very murky at times. Muddying the waters with maliciously contrived narratives (cf. shorl.com/kyrybremidety (on Mound o' Scheiss), with the astute observation by poster "jon s": "Let me get this straight: the Hebrews were Arabs, the Jews are Khazars, the Israelis are Europeans. Did I miss anything in the bizarro history class?") doesn't help, to say the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-55091279157479924602013-06-23T15:45:37.534-07:002013-06-23T15:45:37.534-07:00I thought al Quds meant, allegorically 'the fu...I thought al Quds meant, allegorically 'the furthest' as in the furthest eastern most point of travel of Mohammed. I don't know when that term came into use, I suspect it was fairly recent in the 16th century or so. Anyway it's of no consequence. Places change names all the time. New Amsterdam to New York, Bombay to Mumbai, etc. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com