Category Archives: Responses

Todd Bolen’s thoughts on Rachel’s Tomb

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Todd Bolen of BiblePlaces.com made an interesting comment in response to my post on Rachel’s Tomb, which wouldn’t show up in the comments box. Todd has an excellent knowledge of the Land of Israel and his comments are always worth … Continue reading →

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Battling for the Holy Places

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

In response to my previous post, Joe Zias, physical anthropologist, who worked for many years for the Israel Antiquities Authority, wrote concerning Rachel’s Tomb: Check out photographs at Yad Ben Tsvi lib. to see Islamic graves surrounding the site up … Continue reading →

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First Temple period wall found in Jerusalem – revisited

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

One of my blog readers, Arthur Chrysler, made the following comments on a previous post, which I would like to share with other blog readers: The Large Tower, explored by Warren and one hundred years later by Dame Kenyon, is … Continue reading →

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The Antonia, Herod’s Temple Mount Fortress

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

In the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, an article was published by Ehud Netzer, called “A New Reconstruction of Paul’s Prison”. Netzer is a respected and successful architect/archaeologist and well-known for his excavations of Herodium and Hasmonean and … Continue reading →

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The Temple of Jerusalem and the Colosseum

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

One of the readers of my blog commented on an interesting connection between the Colosseum and the Temple of Jerusalem, mentioning that Prof. Louis Feldman had discovered an interesting inscription in the Colosseum in Rome. This is the stone with … Continue reading →

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Herodian drain found in Jerusalem

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Leen Ritmeyer

It has been reported in the media (see for example BBC news and the Jerusalem Post) that excavators Ronnie Reich and Eli Shukrun have excavated a large section of the drain that was located just below the Herodian street. This … Continue reading →

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Digging the Temple Mount – the location of the Altar

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Leen Ritmeyer

Recently I received this email: Shalom Dr. Ritmeyer According to the Talmud a very very deep pit was present at the south western corner of the second temple altar to receive libations. Is there any pits that we know about … Continue reading →

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Patrich’s Response

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Leen Ritmeyer

Since the previous post I made on the topic of Joseph Patrich’s Temple Location theory, I have been in contact with him to clarify that I do not agree with his position. He replied with the following and has graciously … Continue reading →

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Response to Joseph Patrich’s Temple Location

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Leen Ritmeyer

I have known Joseph Patrich for many years and have worked with him in the past to develop ideas about the construction of Herod’s Temple (Patrich, J. (1986). “The Messibah of the Temple According to the Tractate Middot” in Israel … Continue reading →

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