work up in the north, he has now arrived, with a great throng of Passover pilgrims, at the holy city itself. Only it wasn’t as holy as it should have been. Jerusalem, the city chosen by God as his own resting-place, had also been chosen by many as their place of profit. The first time I went into the Old City of Jerusalem, the first sign I saw was a money-changer’s shop. I suspect it’s always been like that, with people from all over the world needing now to use the local currency. In the case of