I recently ran across this interesting book full of legends about Jerusalem, Israel, and Hebrew history. While with any extra-biblical volume of this nature, one must always sift out the outlandish from the profound. One legend in particular has captured my imagination and just won’t seem to let it go. Here’s a section of it:
“Within old Jerusalem rises Mount Moriah, upon which stood the Holy Temple [. . .]. On the summit lies a big rock, the Foundation Stone–in Hebrew Even ha-Shetiyah–the base of the whole world and its very center. The sages of Isreal commented: ‘And it was called the Foundation Stone, because the world was founded on it. For Isaiah the prophet said: ‘Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone . . . a costly cornerstone of sure foundation.’ [. . .] And when the Holy One, blessed be He, shall renew the world, He shall renew it out of Zion (Legends of Jerusalem by Zev Vilnay).’†[Read more…] about New Birth and Bellybuttons
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