Comments on: The Temple Mount gates http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/ ...for the latest research, analysis and products on Biblical Archaeology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: elija http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-46055 elija Fri, 13 May 2011 15:03:32 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-46055 thank you thank you

]]> By: John Wesley Ware http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-44518 John Wesley Ware Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:27:18 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-44518 There are three gates in the Temple area itselfthatare known as The Way, The Truth and The Light. The first one was leading into the women's area from the east side. The second one was leading into the sacrificial area where the priests sang on the steps leading upto the gate where animals were sacrificed. The third gate led into the area where the Menorah, the bread table and the prayer altar was located. There are three gates in the Temple area itselfthatare known as The Way, The Truth and The Light. The first one was leading into the women’s area from the east side. The second one was leading into the sacrificial area where the priests sang on the steps leading upto the gate where animals were sacrificed. The third gate led into the area where the Menorah, the bread table and the prayer altar was located.

]]> By: Leen Ritmeyer http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-41964 Leen Ritmeyer Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:39:24 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-41964 Elijah, I wrote this on the Kiponus Gate in The Quest, pp.184-6: "The location of the Kiponus Gate, the western gate of Middot, is a matter of conjecture as no archaeological remains can be identified. The name Kiponus according to Simons53 “very likely stands for Coponius, the name of the first Roman procurator of Judea.” Josephus records that during the siege of Pompey there existed a bridge that reached from the Temple to the city. The Herodian bridge, of which Wilson’s Arch is part, must have replaced or strengthened a pre-Herodian bridge. There is no doubt that a gate would have existed at the point where the bridge joined the outer Western Wall of the square Temple Mount. Following Herod’s extension of the Temple Mount, this gate would have been located on the Temple Mount itself, to the east of the later gate which would have been built in the Herodian Western Wall, above Wilson’s Arch. The Herodian bridge would therefore have been shorter than its predecessor. The fact that the name of Coponius (c. A.D. 6–9) is attached to this gate does not mean to say that this gate was necessarily a new gate built by him. However, it is interesting to note that Josephus mentions that a couple of years before Coponius was sent to Judea, some of the cloisters of the Temple were burnt during a fight between the Jews and the soldiers of Sabinus.55 The original western gate of the square Temple Mount was possibly rebuilt under Coponius’ rule, and therefore his name may have been given to this gate by the authors of the Mishnah. Elijah,
I wrote this on the Kiponus Gate in The Quest, pp.184-6:
“The location of the Kiponus Gate, the western gate of Middot, is a matter of conjecture as no archaeological remains can be identified. The name Kiponus according to Simons53 “very likely stands for Coponius, the name of the first Roman procurator of Judea.”
Josephus records that during the siege of Pompey there existed a bridge that reached from the Temple to the city. The Herodian bridge, of which Wilson’s Arch is part, must have replaced or strengthened a pre-Herodian bridge. There is no doubt that a gate would have existed at the point where the bridge joined the outer Western Wall of the square Temple Mount. Following Herod’s extension of the Temple Mount, this gate would have been located on the Temple Mount itself, to the east of the later gate which would have been built in the Herodian Western Wall, above Wilson’s Arch. The Herodian bridge would therefore have been shorter than its predecessor. The fact that the name of Coponius (c. A.D. 6–9) is attached to this gate does not mean to say that this gate was necessarily a new gate built by him. However, it is interesting to note that Josephus mentions that a couple of years before Coponius was sent to Judea, some of the cloisters of the Temple were burnt during a fight between the Jews and the soldiers of Sabinus.55 The original western gate of the square Temple Mount was possibly rebuilt under Coponius’ rule, and therefore his name may have been given to this gate by the authors of the Mishnah.

]]> By: elija http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-41716 elija Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:32:08 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-41716 what are the evidence for shar haKiponos here is mentioned finds from second temple era. can you shed more light on it? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/326463237_20917c39ed_b.jpg "Outside Gate of the Chain and Second Temple steps construction" from this photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/13366158@N00/326463237/in/photostream/ what are the evidence for shar haKiponos

here is mentioned finds from second temple era. can you shed more light on it?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/326463237_20917c39ed_b.jpg
“Outside Gate of the Chain and Second Temple steps construction”

from this photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13366158@N00/326463237/in/photostream/

]]> By: Leen Ritmeyer http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-34976 Leen Ritmeyer Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:57:14 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-34976 According to Ezekiel 44.1-3, the prince, or King of Glory, shall enter through the east gate of the millennial Temple described in these chapters, which will replace the Shushan Gate. According to Ezekiel 44.1-3, the prince, or King of Glory, shall enter through the east gate of the millennial Temple described in these chapters, which will replace the Shushan Gate.

]]> By: John Tracy http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-34834 John Tracy Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:54:56 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-34834 This A.M. I have been reading Ps . 24 and of course read verses 9 & 10 , where the unfailing word speaks of the everlasting doors . At the lifting up of these doors , the King of Glory shall come in . Could it be that the Shushan gate might be the one meant by the Psalm ? This A.M. I have been reading Ps . 24 and of course read verses 9 & 10 , where the unfailing word speaks of the everlasting doors .
At the lifting up of these doors , the King of Glory shall come in .
Could it be that the Shushan gate might be the one meant by the Psalm ?

]]> By: Leen Ritmeyer http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-32621 Leen Ritmeyer Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:46:09 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-32621 Mike, There were more than three gates in the Temple. The outer gates of the Temple Mount could be used by Jews and Gentiles alike, but inside the pre-Herodian square precincts, a barrier was placed beyond which only purified Jews could enter. Jewish men were allowed to enter through the Nicanor Gate into the Court of Israel and Priests only were allowed access beyond this court. If there were gates referring to "Gentiles, Israel and Priests" they would have been located very far apart from each other. The notion that there may have been three gates representing "The Way, the Truth and the Life", surely must be a later interpretation and could not have been part of the teaching of Jesus, as the Temple had already been completed in his lifetime. Mike,
There were more than three gates in the Temple. The outer gates of the Temple Mount could be used by Jews and Gentiles alike, but inside the pre-Herodian square precincts, a barrier was placed beyond which only purified Jews could enter.
Jewish men were allowed to enter through the Nicanor Gate into the Court of Israel and Priests only were allowed access beyond this court. If there were gates referring to “Gentiles, Israel and Priests” they would have been located very far apart from each other.
The notion that there may have been three gates representing “The Way, the Truth and the Life”, surely must be a later interpretation and could not have been part of the teaching of Jesus, as the Temple had already been completed in his lifetime.

]]> By: Mike Gowan http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-32602 Mike Gowan Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:41:47 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-32602 Leen, The notion that there were three doors or gates leading to the temple called the Way, the Truth and the Life is showing up in sermons. So when Jesus said that He was: The Way, The TRuth and The Life....His contemporaries knew exactly what He was talking about. Now this makes for a great illustration, but I would like to know if this indeed was the case. The gate referred to the Gentiles, Isreal and the Priests. Can you help sleuth this out? Thanks. Leen,
The notion that there were three doors or gates leading to the temple called the Way, the Truth and the Life is showing up in sermons. So when Jesus said that He was: The Way, The TRuth and The Life….His contemporaries knew exactly what He was talking about. Now this makes for a great illustration, but I would like to know if this indeed was the case. The gate referred to the Gentiles, Isreal and the Priests. Can you help sleuth this out? Thanks.

]]> By: Leen Ritmeyer http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-25715 Leen Ritmeyer Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:47:56 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-25715 Perhaps so. You need to realize, however, that any gate in the Eastern Wall is too low for someone standing on the Mount of Olives to be able to see the Temple through such a gate. Anyone standing on the Mount of Olives should be able to recognize this. I have just submitted an article on this subject to Biblical Archaeology Review in which I deal extensively with the subject of the Eastern Gate. Perhaps so. You need to realize, however, that any gate in the Eastern Wall is too low for someone standing on the Mount of Olives to be able to see the Temple through such a gate. Anyone standing on the Mount of Olives should be able to recognize this. I have just submitted an article on this subject to Biblical Archaeology Review in which I deal extensively with the subject of the Eastern Gate.

]]> By: Oscar Terrazas http://www.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-25677 Oscar Terrazas Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:45:08 +0000 http://blog.ritmeyer.com/2008/08/01/the-temple-mount-gates/#comment-25677 Maybe there is another east gate such that the temple of God was aligned to the Vernal Equinox. What if the Temple faced the south area next to the Hotel 7 arches on the Mt. of Olives? Would this fit any of your calculations and study? Maybe there is another east gate such that the temple of God was aligned to the Vernal Equinox. What if the Temple faced the south area next to the Hotel 7 arches on the Mt. of Olives? Would this fit any of your calculations and study?

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