Jerusalem Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Hebrew Bible and Jewish sources=== The form ''Yerushalem'' or ''Yerushalayim'' first appears in the Bible, in the [[Book of Joshua]]. According to a [[Midrash]], the name is a combination of two names united by God, ''Yireh'' ("the abiding place", the name given by [[Abraham]] to the place where [[Binding of Isaac|he planned to sacrifice his son]]) and ''[[Salem (Bible)|Shalem]]'' ("Place of Peace", the name given by high priest [[Shem]]).<ref>Ginzberg, Louis (1909). ''[[Legends of the Jews|The Legends of the Jews]] [http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/e-books/misc/Legends/Legends%20of%20the%20Jews.pdf Volume I: The Akedah] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313050820/http://www.swartzentrover.com/cotor/e-books/misc/Legends/Legends |date=13 March 2020 }}'' (Translated by Henrietta Szold) Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page