更有意思的是,旧约中《创世纪》的记载亚伯拉罕准备将自己的儿子献祭的地方在耶路撒冷的Mount Moriah,这次献祭因为神的干预而被用一只羔羊代替。几千年后,根据《撒母耳记》的记载,大卫犯罪受到神的惩罚国中出现瘟疫,神后因为大卫的悔改而停止瘟疫。大卫就在瘟疫停止的地方买下了当地人的一个打谷场准备修建圣殿作为犹太人向神献祭的地方,这个工作最终由他的儿子所罗门完成。这圣殿的殿址就是当年亚伯拉罕献祭的地点。再过了千多年后,根据四福音书的记载,主耶稣作为神的儿子也是在同一个地方把自己为人类献上作为赎罪祭。
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Where were the First and Second Jewish Temples Located?
"As the navel is set in the centre of the human body,
so is the land of Israel the navel of the world...
situated in the centre of the world,
and Jerusalem in the centre of the land of Israel,
and the sanctuary in the centre of Jerusalem,
and the holy place in the centre of the sanctuary,
and the ark in the centre of the holy place,
and the foundation stone before the holy place,
because from it the world was founded."
Midrash Tanchuma, Qedoshim.