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===Dome of the Rock===

===Dome of the Rock===

The traditional view is that the Holy of Holies was located at what is now the Dome of the Rock. In the Mishna, which consists of writings by later rabbis, this stone the called the "foundation stone" and is connected with the temple and to various other things. The foundation stone is used in Isaiah and Psalms as a metaphor for God's convenant with Israel.<ref>Isaiah 28:16, Psalm 118:22.</ref> Thus there is no Biblical basis to connect it to the temple, or even to a physical stone.

The traditional view is that the Holy of Holies was located at what is now the Dome of the Rock. In the Mishna, which consists of writings by later rabbis, this stone the called the "foundation stone" and is connected with the temple, creation, Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac, and to various other things. The foundation stone is used in Isaiah and Psalms as a metaphor for God's covenant with Israel.<ref>Isaiah 28:16, Psalm 118:22.</ref> There is no Biblical basis to connect it to the temple, or even to a physical stone.

The earliest report that indicates that this site was sacred to Jews is from Bordeaux Pilgrim, who visited Jerusalem around 333. This was soon after Constantine destroyed the Temple of Jupiter that Hadrian built. "There are two status of Hadrian; not far from the statues is a pierced stone to the Jews comes every year and they anoint it and they lament with a groan and they tear their garments and then they withdraw."<ref>[http://andrewjacobs.org/translations/bordeaux.html The Bordeaux Pilgrim (c. 333 C.E.)

The earliest report that indicates that this site was sacred to Jews is from Bordeaux Pilgrim, who visited Jerusalem around 333. This was soon after Constantine destroyed the Temple of Jupiter that Hadrian built. {{cquote|The building itself where was the Temple that Solomon built, before the altar in marble is the blood of Zacharias—you would say it had been shed today. Also all around are the traces of the hobnails of the soldiers who killed him, throughout the area, so that you might think they had been pressed in wax. There are two status of Hadrian; not far from the statues is a pierced stone to the Jews comes every year and they anoint it and they lament with a groan and they tear their garments and then they withdraw.<ref>"[http://andrewjacobs.org/translations/bordeaux.html The Bordeaux Pilgrim (c. 333 C.E.) Translation by Andrew S. Jacobs]"</ref>}} This scene suggests a verse in Zechariah of Jews weeping over, "him whom they have pierced."<ref>Zechariah 12:10.</ref> It seems that the temple was not identified with the rock at this time, but with a nearby building. The Arabs built the Dome of the Rock in 691. When the Crusaders arrived in 1099, the shrine was assigned to the Augustinians, who used it as a church. The association with the temple can be traced back to the [[Knights Templar]], who used the building as their headquarters beginning around 1119.

Translation by Andrew S. Jacobs]</ref> Certainly the pilgrim does not connect the site to the temple. The pilgrim also mentions the foundation stone, but as a separate location.

===al-Kas Fountain===

===al-Kas Fountain===