Category Archives: Temple Mount

Oleg Grabar

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

Yesterday, 8 January, 2011, Oleg Grabar, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies at Princeton University, passed away. Oleg Grabar’s research has had a profound and far-reaching influence on the study of Islamic art and architecture. His extensive archaeological … Continue reading →

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Anger over Temple Mount report

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

The State Comptroller has prepared a report on the wanton destruction caused by the Waqf on the Temple Mount, and on Israel’s response. The Committee to Prevent Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities is up in arms that the lion’s share … Continue reading →

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Israel expects major earthquake

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

There have been previous earthquake warnings in Israel and Haaretz reports today again that a major earthquake may hit Israel at any tine. Read the full report here. Dr. Avi Shapira, the chairman of the inter-ministry steering committee for earthquake … Continue reading →

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Israel Remembers the Holy Temple

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Today, the 10th of the Hebrew month Tevet, Israel Remembers the Holy Temple and the Holocaust. Friday is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, a fast day on which Jews remember the siege of Jerusalem that preceded … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Gate of the Temple in Jerusalem

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

One of the questions I am frequently asked is where the Beautiful Gate of the Temple was located. This gate is mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 3.2,10) as the place where the lame man was begging. After he was … Continue reading →

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Ancient Maps of Jerusalem and Palestine

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

In his Weekend Roundup, Todd Bolen mentioned that “The Israel National Library website has an extensive collection of maps of Palestine, dating from 1462 to 1927.” Hundreds of maps of Jerusalem and the Holy Land have been digitized and put … Continue reading →

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Barclay’s Gate in the Western Wall of the Temple Mount

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

One of the readers of a previous post drew attention to a Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) photograph of the lintel of Barclay’s Gate. In the caption, we are taken to task for publishing an incorrect interpretation of the lintel in BAR … Continue reading →

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The Pinnacle of the Temple

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

Ferrell Jenkins has an interesting post on the Pinnacle of the Temple. In my reading the most common view is that the southeast corner of the Temple Mount is the place mentioned in Mark and Luke as  the pinnacle of … Continue reading →

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PA rejects that the Western Wall of the Temple Mount is Jewish

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

In this Jerusalem Post report, several correspondents quote Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev: Denying the Jewish connection to the Western Wall is to deny reality. If you deny the Jewish connection to the Western Wall you are in … Continue reading →

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PA Declares ‘Western Wall Was not Jewish’ until 16th Century AD

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Leen Ritmeyer

The Israeli press is full of reports of a paper prepared by Al-Mutawakel Taha, a senior official with the PA Ministry of Information to “refute” Jewish claim to the Western Wall. The Jerusalem Post quotes him as follows: Many studies … Continue reading →

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