Holy Rock in Jerusalem
The Holy Rock is located inside the so-called Dome of the Rock, which is the main Arabic shrine on the site of the temple complex in Jerusalem. The Holy Rock is the highest point of the site. Underneath the rock lies a grotto. Since there is an oblong indentation in the stone (cf. the arrows), some scholars believe that the Holy of Holiest was located here. This place combined many traditions, even though neither the Holy of Holiest nor the altar of burned offering of Jerusalem Temple could have been at this place for static reason; presumably it was further to the north.
Nevertheless, in both the Jewish and the Arabic tradition this place was looked at as the centre of the earth as well as the location of the sacrifice of Isaac.
Gen 22
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