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Two themes run through the ''Book of Prophecies'': the recovery of Mount Zion in Jerusalem, symbolical of the Holy Land and the final conversion of all people to Christianity. Yet conquering the city of Jerusalem may not have been what Columbus had in mind. In the very beginning of the ''Book of Prophecies'' Columbus collected quotes which stated that the scriptures had four levels of interpretation. He then included one example: the fourfold interpretation of the word “Jerusalem.” The passage reads: | Two themes run through the ''Book of Prophecies'': the recovery of [[Special:MyLanguage/Zion|Mount Zion]] in Jerusalem, symbolical of the Holy Land and the final conversion of all people to Christianity. Yet conquering the city of Jerusalem may not have been what Columbus had in mind. In the very beginning of the ''Book of Prophecies'' Columbus collected quotes which stated that the scriptures had four levels of interpretation. He then included one example: the fourfold interpretation of the word “Jerusalem.” The passage reads: | ||
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Robert Fuson, ''The Log of | Robert Fuson, ''The Log of Christopher Columbus''. | ||
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