Is there any biblical record that would be considered prophetic concerning the loss of Jewish access to the Temple Mount? I understand your expertise is in the archeology, but hope that there may have been discussion amongst your colleagues concerning the loss of this great access point for the Jewish people.

My other question concerns the fact that a guide was published, wouldn’t that logically presuppose that there was some verifiable writings by the Supreme Council members prior to the publishing of the guide. Since these writings would be considered nearly as important as sacred writings, wouldn’t the writings be preserved for future muslims? Just as there is research into any published work and that research is recorded, then there must be some record of the research that lead to the guide, right? Thanks for your important work and I await your reply with appreciation!

Thank you,

Thomas Gleeson
La Quinta, CA.