Abstract
At the summer of 1868, two months apart from each other, two religious groups anchored at Haifa harbor. The first were the Iranian Bahai’s, the Second were the members of the “Deutscher Tempel” society. Apparently, those two communities have nothing in common. On one hand, an eastern prophet that establish a new religion that is based on the Shi’ih Islam and as a political prisoner was sent to exile in the remotest part of the Ottoman empire. On the other hand, a grope of German believers, that their faith is based on the radical section of protestant Christianity that immigrate to the Holy Land in desire to live their life in the way of Jesus and his apostles. But for the observer from the shrine of the Bab, looking at the German Colony or the spectator from the German colony, observing the Baha’i gardens on Mount Carmel, there is a clear geographical connection between the two religious centers. The theme of my study is to show other aspects of the Baha’is and the German Templers, and other protestant sects, interaction, mainly historical and theological aspects.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Religious Commonalities and Differences
KEYWORDS
Bahai, Templers, Haifa
