Monthly Archives: August 2008

Temple Mount ban

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

Here you can read one of the latest articles on “Jews in the Temple Area: A ‘Mount’-ing Controversy”. Three rabbis, Rabbi Yoseph, Rabbi Elyashiv and Kanievsky, demand a complete ban on Jews entering any part of the Temple Mount on … Continue reading →

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… under construction …

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

Over the next couple of days we are going to be making changes to the layout of the blog and online store… if something stops working, don’t worry; we’ll be back online soon!

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The Gamla Synagogue

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

The ESV Study Bible has now started a blog and today an interesting post was put up about the Gamla Synagogue. When I first started to work for the ESV Study Bible, I was shown a beautiful reconstruction painting of … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem reconstruction drawings

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

In the middle of this promotional movie for the new ESV Study Bible (available from 15 October, 2008), you can see my reconstructions of Jerusalem and the Temple in the various periods and which have been painted beautifully by Maltings … Continue reading →

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The Temple Mount gates

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

Tonight, Friday the 1st of August, is also the beginning of the Hebrew month Ab. On the 9th of this month the Jews remember the destruction of the two temples that stood on Mount Moriah, but tonight, they march around … Continue reading →

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