Heavenly Jerusalem in Aggada

In the Second Temple and Rabbinic literature, especially after national catastrophes (persecutions of Antiochus, defeat of Bar Kochba revolt), one comes across the idea that in parallel to earthly Jerusalem of wood and stone there exists another heavenly, "Upper Jerusalem".

Prof. Avigdor Shinan offers readings in the sources on Upper Jerusalem (as compared to Lower Jerusalem) and tries to discover reasons for the emergence of Jerusalem as a city of spirit, which according to some opinions will sometime descend from heaven and take the place of the physical city.

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