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}}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the former site of a Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. When Jesus went to temple, he angrily overturned the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 136. This temple was destroyed by Emperor Constantine in 325.
}}The '''Temple Mount''', biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of [[Jerusalem]]. It is the former site of a Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. When Jesus went to temple, he angrily overturned the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed the temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Roman Emperor Hadrian built a Temple to Jupiter around 136. This temple was destroyed by Emperor Constantine in 325.
The [[Dome of the Rock]], an Islamic shrine, was built by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik in 691. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built about 710. As the site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven, Al-Aqsa is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Although the Temple Mount was captured by the Israelis in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, it is still managed by an Islamic religious authority called the Waqf.
The [[Dome of the Rock]], an Islamic shrine, was built by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik in 691. The al-Aqsa Mosque was built about 710. As the site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven, al-Aqsa is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Although the Temple Mount was captured by the Israelis in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, it is still managed by an Islamic religious authority called the Waqf.
==Jesus==
==Jesus==
Several well-known episodes in the life of Jesus occurred at the Herodian temple. Mary brought Jesus to the temple forty days after he was was born.<ref>Luke 2:22–2:40.</ref> He returned as a 12-year-old to debate the Pharisees.<ref>Luke 2.41-52.</ref> During his ministry, Jesus visited the temple and was outrage by the sight marketers defiling it. He angrily overturned the tables of the money changers.<ref>Mark 11.15-19; Matt. 21.12-17; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-25.</ref> In the temptation narrative, the devil brought Jesus to the "pinnacle of the Temple" and challenged him to prove that he son of the God by throwing himself off.<ref>Matt. 4.1-11; Luke 4.1-13.</ref>
Several well-known episodes in the life of Jesus occurred at the Herodian temple. Mary brought Jesus to the temple forty days after he was was born.<ref>Luke 2:22–2:40.</ref> He returned as a 12-year-old to debate the Pharisees.<ref>Luke 2.41-52.</ref> During his ministry, Jesus visited the temple and was outrage by the sight marketers defiling it. He angrily overturned the tables of the money changers.<ref>Mark 11.15-19; Matt. 21.12-17; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-25.</ref> In the temptation narrative, the devil brought Jesus to the "pinnacle of the Temple" and challenged him to prove that he son of the God by throwing himself off.<ref>Matt. 4.1-11; Luke 4.1-13.</ref>
==Muhammad==
According to the Koran:
{{cquote|Glory be to Him, who carried His servant [Muhammad] by night from the Holy Mosque [in Mecca] to the Further Mosque the precincts of which We have blessed, that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.<ref>Koran 17:1</ref>}}
This ambiguous verse is conventionally interpreted to mean that Mohammad took a night journey in 621 to a "Further Mosque," in Arabic ''al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā'', and briefly ascended to heaven there. The al-Aqsa Mosque is therefore one of only three that are designated for Islamic pilgrimage. The other two pilgrimage mosques are in Mecca and Medina.
==Location of the Temple==
==Location of the Temple==