| − | }}The '''Temple Mount''' is a hill in [[Jerusalem]] also known as Mount Moriah, the former site of the [[Biblical]] [[Solomon's Temple|Temple of Solomon]] in the [[Old Testament]], and [[Herod]]'s Temple in the [[New Testament]]. Since Herod's time, the mount has been fortified as a large stone platform. The Temple Mount today bears on the site the [[Islamic]] [[Dome of the Rock]] ([[Arabic]]: مسجد قبة الصخرة, ''Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah''), built between 687-691 A.D. on the order of [[Abd al-Malik]] (the ninth [[Caliph]]); and the Al-Aqsa Mosque (built c. 710). | + | }}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the former site of the [[Solomon's Temple|Temple of Solomon]] in pre-exile times, as well as [[Herod]]'s Temple, which stood in the time of Jesus. Since Herod's time, the mount has been fortified as a large stone platform. The Temple Mount today bears on the site the [[Islamic]] [[Dome of the Rock]] ([[Arabic]]: مسجد قبة الصخرة, ''Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah''), built between 687-691 A.D. on the order of [[Abd al-Malik]] (the ninth [[Caliph]]); and the Al-Aqsa Mosque (built c. 710). |