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Jerusalem: Center of the World

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Jerusalem: Center of the World - This epic story captures the rich mosaic of Jerusalem’s Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities. Covering over 4,000 years, explore the city’s founding; the birth and convergence of the world’s three major monotheistic religions; and the key events in Jerusalem’s history as described in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Talmud, the Hagaddah, the Koran, and the Hadith.

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For over 40 centuries, untold numbers of Jews, Christians and Muslims have come to Jerusalem to look for God, while billions more have worshiped from afar. Jerusalem: Center of the World, a two-hour epic event, delves into the historical facts and religious beliefs that have led so many thousands to live and die for this city.