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Jerusalem's Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome
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.
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.
206 pages, Hardcover
First published October 14, 2007
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December 6, 2014
As I have been studying the book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, there are so many descriptions and details about the holy temple seen in the visions of the later chapters. I went back to this that book I bought several years ago.
Shanks traces the most sacred and contested piece or real estate on the planet from modern times back through history to the days of King David and Solomon.
I like the vivid description he brings to some rather boring topics (unless you are a hard core archaeologist.) The pictures and drawings are very informative.
If you are interested in Jewish history and the Hebrew Bible, I recommend this as a good reference and table-top book.
Shanks traces the most sacred and contested piece or real estate on the planet from modern times back through history to the days of King David and Solomon.
I like the vivid description he brings to some rather boring topics (unless you are a hard core archaeologist.) The pictures and drawings are very informative.
If you are interested in Jewish history and the Hebrew Bible, I recommend this as a good reference and table-top book.
June 22, 2015
A good overview of the history & archeology of the Temple Mount.
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