Maps and Conflict
Category: RELIGION
During the Middle Ages maps of the world often placed Jerusalem at the center. This was based on the vulgate, the Latin, translation of Ezekiel 5:5 which Jerome understood to mean Jerusalem as terrae umbilicus, the "navel of the earth."
By Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, ContributorAuthor, 'Einstein's Rabbi: A Tale of Science and the Soul', 2015-01-13