Synopsis
Simon Sebag Montefiore investigates the events of the siege of Jerusalem.
- Programme: Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
- Episode: 01: Wellspring of Holiness
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Religious Education | Judaism | Beliefs and teachings | Promised Land
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