For more than 40 centuries, untold numbers of Jews, Christians and Muslims have gone to Jerusalem to look for God, while billions more have worshiped from afar. This is the first documentary of this scope to delve into the historical facts and religious beliefs that have led so many thousands to live and die for this city.
A medieval map that shows Jerusalem at the center of the world
JERUSALEM: CENTER OF THE WORLD goes far beyond the city’s exteriors to follow the paths taken by Abraham, David, Jesus and Mohammed, among countless others. From a strikingly intimate perspective, Suarez travels deep into the city. He touches the walls of Hezekiah’s famed underground water-filled tunnels built from solid rock more than 2,500 years ago; he faces the same wall the Biblical King David likely faced when conquering the city in the 10th century B.C.E. Suarez also visits the recently discovered Siloam pool where Jesus, it is said, cured a man’s blindness and he takes viewers right into the Dome of the Rock, from where Mohammed, Muslims believe, ascended to heaven. With illustrations from more than 300 pieces of iconic artwork from every genre and period, JERUSALEM: CENTER OF THE WORLD brings to life one of the oldest cities in the world.
Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on PBS-HD.
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