The Jerusalem Temple Mount A Compendium Of Ancient Descriptions

According to the Hebrew Bible, King Solomon built a Temple to the Lord in Jerusalem on a threshing floor that his father, King David, purchased from Araunah the Jebusite for 50 shekels of silver. "No other building of the ancient world," claims the Anchor Bible Dictionary, "either while it stood in Jerusalem or in the millennia since its final destruction has been the focus of so much attention throughout the ages." This stunning book, with its 160 illustrations, is a history of the Temple or Temples in Jerusalem from Solomon's time to the present. The book reads like an archaeological excavation, digging deeper and deeper at one site. Starting with a discussion of the Palestinian denial of a Jewish Temple, the book proceeds to explore the Islamic Dome of the Rock, the little-known Roman Temple of Jupiter, Herod's massive Temple Mount, the Temple built by the exiles returning from Babylon, and finally Solomon's Temple. With a lively and informative text to accompany the pictures, Jerusalem's Temple Mount is replete with archaeology, history, legends (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim), inscriptions, biblical interpretations, and forgeries.

Published by the Biblical Archaeology Society, this edition brings the best-selling "Secrets" book up to date with the latest research on the Temple Mount. Still concise, still affordable, it now contains new chapters on why we can rely on the description in Middot to describe the structure of Herod's Temple and a look at how model making can help us to understand what Solomon's Temple looked like. A unique feature of this new book is a tour of the Temple Mount guided by King Herod the Great. - Publisher.

The Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem, is the most sacred site in Judaism and the third-most sacred site in Islam, after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. The sacred nature of the site for both religions has made it one of the focal points of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount is an original and provocative study of the theological roots and historical circumstances that have given rise to the movement of the Temple Builders. Motti Inbari points to the Six Day War in 1967 as the watershed event: the Israeli victory in the war resurrected and intensified Temple-oriented messianic beliefs. Initially confined to relatively limited circles, more recent "land for peace" negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors have created theological shock waves, enabling some of the ideas of Temple Mount activists to gain wider public acceptance. Inbari also examines cooperation between Third Temple groups in Israel and fundamentalist Christian circles in the United States, and explains how such cooperation is possible and in what ways it is manifested.

Rose Guide to the Temple is the only Christian book on the Temple in Jerusalem with clear plastic overlays that allow you to “see inside” the Jerusalem temple and has over 150 temple pictures, illustrations, diagrams, and charts, many of which have never published before, and covers the important events and people in the history of the Temple from Abraham to modern day! Rose Guide to the Temple is a full-color Christian book that provides a complete, easy-to-understand overview of the history of the Temple in Jerusalem. Based on the most up-to-date discoveries, this book explains the biblical and historical background of the temple in Jerusalem. The author is archaeologist and professor Dr. Randall Price, who has spent more than 30 years exploring the Holy Land and studying the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Bonus! Temple Poster by National Geographic shows a new digital model of the Herodian Temple Mount throughout time! Covers Important Events and People in the History of the Temple from Abraham to Modern Day. Includes 4 sections, as follows: Section 1: God’s Sanctuary before the Temple (Pre-temple Sanctuaries) Section 2: The First Temple in Jerusalem (The First Temple’s Construction, Design, and Destruction) Section 3: The Second Temple in Jerusalem (Zerubbabel’s and Herod’s Temples) Section 4: The Modern Temple Mount and Future Temple (Ezekiel’s Temple)

Professor Mazar viewed the excavations at the Temple Mount as the apex of his scientific contribution. Now his granddaughter, Dr. Eilat Mazar, continues his work and is heading the extensive project of publishing the findings from the sites. Dr. Eilat Mazar was part of the excavation team in the City of David from 1981-1985 that was headed by Professor Yigal Shiloh and from 1986-87 she lead the excavations at the Ophel on behalf of the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University. Dr. Mazar has been involved in archaeological research in Jerusalem for many years and has publishd numerous articles. She has written this guide in a language that everyone can understand without comprising scientific accuracy or the high level of research. This guide encompasses 3000 years of Jerusalem history and explores every period including descriptions of meaningful pieces from each era, accompanied by detailed explanations and attractive photographs and drawings. This guide is a masterful piece of work that allows the general audience a closer look at the past -- the Temple Mount in all of its original glory as it is now again revealed to our eyes. — Publisher description.

Destroyed nearly 2000 years ago, the Temple of Jerusalem—cultural memory, symbol, and site—remains one of the most powerful, and most contested, buildings in the world. This structure, imagined and re-imagined, reconsidered and reinterpreted over two millennia, emerges in all its historical, cultural, and religious significance in this account.

This valuable work describes the temple system in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus Christ. It examines how the temple symbolized the significance of Jerusalem's roles in the origin of two prominent world religions. Alfred Edersheim brought the temple, priests, and devotees to life through his prose. He articulately depicted the sacrifices of the Old Testament and the Jewish festivals, emphasizing the interesting acts performed. The readers can almost see the events happening in front of them, owing to the vivid illustrations.

No book is better suited to the study, understanding, and development of the manmade plateau that is the focus of the world s interest the Temple Mount in Jerusalem than The Quest. Ritmeyer's experience as architect of the Temple Mount Excavations following the Six-Day War, coupled with his exploration of parts of the mount now hardly accessible and his doctoral research into the problems of the Temple Mount make him singularly qualified for the task. The Quest has large, readable font and is profusely illustrated with hundreds of full-color maps, plans, drawings and photographs. Inside, there are vivid views of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem through the ages and superb reconstructions of Temple Mount architecture. The Quest includes amazing discoveries and verification of biblical accounts. "