Mel#2: The Dome is not mentioned until the 9th c. скачать в хорошем качестве

Mel#2: The Dome is not mentioned until the 9th c.

Mel's new 'Origins' channel is here:    / originsofislam   Using the research of A.J. Deus, Mel carries on with his critique of the History of the Dome of the Rock. In this latest episode he notes that: During the Sufyani period (661-680 AD) the only structure on the Temple Mount was one built on the Eastern wall. Then, according to multiple witnesses, during the Marwanid period (680-749 AD) a new structure, referred to as a "Saracen Synagogue" was built, but not in the central area where the Dome of the Rock stands, but just north of it. Later, according to the Zuquin Chronicle of the late 8th century, there was no structure on the Temple Mount until Al Mansur built one between 745-775 AD, and that it used to be a Christian temple, which was then changed into a mosque. Further evidence suggests that our earliest reference to a Dome of the Rock (i.e. a Dome over the Temple Mount foundation rock) is not until the late 9th century, around 897 AD, by the geographer Ya'qubi, who states that it was 'Abd al-Malik' who had built it. There is a possibility that a tower existed for a time over the rock if the Codex can be reliably interpreted that way, but even still, this doesn’t have any arcades which are where the crucial inscriptions are located. Then, in 903 AD Ibn al-Fakih al-Hamadhani gives us the first eyewitness account of the Dome of the Rock, but mentions that it has 12 piers and 30 pillars, which doesn't match the dome we have today. Nonetheless, the evidence would suggest that the Dome is a 9th century creation and that the inscriptions, including a dedication to Abd al Malik, can’t be from the 7th century, but are much later 9th century creations, redacted by the Abbasids back to the 7th century, and attributed to Abd al-Malik. © Pfander Centre for Apologetics - US, 2022 (64,660) Music: "Townsong" by Alexander Nakarada, from filmmusic-io