My child, have you ever known me to waste your time? He smiled again, indulgently this time, and waved her on up. With the wedding just a few days away? This is no time for sightseeing, Poppa. ∻ut why today? Hadassah continued the conversation in the modern Hebrew with which she had grown up, though she also spoke fluent English. Ideological structure: designing a building for a symbolic as well as a functional purpose. Ideological structure, her ninth grade teacher had called it years ago, just before using the term in a test question. Just beyond, her gaze settled briefly on a jutting slab of ink black basaltthe famous architectural apposition of Darkness against Light. She noted again its fluid shape, meant to evoke the ancient jar lids that once sealed the beloved scrolls now housed inside. Her gaze rose into the cobalt blue Judean sky where the Shrines celebrated dome thrust its odd, milky white swirl. Youve been here a dozen times.Īs if to punctuate her statement, she glanced about the monument. Why, Hadassah, this is the Shrine of the Book. Despite the wrinkles that had lately etched their way across his face, she could still recognize the sly smile that always signaled his toying with her. The old man turned shakily upon his cane, paused at the top step and looked toward his daughter while still panting to catch his breath. BOOK EXCERPT Hadassah: One Night with the King By Tommy Tenney with Mark Andrew OlsenĬBN.com Chapter One: Israel Museum Jerusalem present day
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