Section Two
Emperor and philosopher Julian overturned
Christianity, restored paganism and gave the Temple Mount back to
the Jews, before he was killed fighting the Persians. (illustration credit
ill.22)
Top right The Byzantine emperor
Justinian I and his wife Theodora (right), once a
promiscuous showgirl, promoted themselves as universal Christian
monarchs and built the colossal Nea Church in Jerusalem. (illustration credit
ill.23)
The Madaba Map shows the magnificence of
Byzantine Jerusalem and ignores the Temple Mount, which was kept as
the symbolic rubbish-heap of Judaism. (illustration credit
ill.24)
After the East fell to the Persians, Emperor
Heraclius entered the city in 630 through the Golden Gate, which
Jews, Muslims and Christians believe to be the setting for the
Apocalypse. (illustration credit
ill.25)