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... The Temple and Holy Sepulchre are two of the most significant shrines in Judaism and Christianity respectively. According to Eliade who wrote, The Sacred and Profane, both these places are real, holy and eternal and therefore are sacred, even though they are of two different traditions. Looking through Eliade‘s eyes at these two buildings one can trace the aspects and moments that led to them to being made sacred. From their location to the acts that occurred within their walls, there are numerous examples to illustrate Eliade’s concepts. By looking closely at a couple of examples for the Temple and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre it will show how these two buildings would be made sacred. By comparing both buildings we will see how by using Eliade’s concepts of sacred we can define the Jewish Temple and the Christians Holy Sepulchre as sacred.
It is in the pages of the Old Testament that we learn a lot of the Temple’s history. ... The Temple is an axis mundi, a sacred place “which at once connects and supports heaven and earth and whose base are fixed in the world below”. ... This appearance by the angels is a hierophany, an appearance of the sacred. So by being on this spot and over the foundation stone, their center of the world, the Temple would already be acknowledged as sacred by Eliade. Before he built the Temple Solomon had a theophany, an appearance of god. From this theophany he was given the task to build the Temple by God, “he shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.” When the Temple was completed there was a dedication ceremony attended by all. The priests carried the Ark into the Temple and deposited it in the Holy of Holies. ... ” This kratophany, a manifestation of power, is only one of the many acts of a hierophany, appearance of the sacred, which established the Temple as sacred.
Approximate Word count = 1659
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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