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The Temples That Jerusalem Forgot

Ernest L. Martin

Chapter Titles

Part One - The Wrong Side of the Temples

What Was the Haram esh-Sharif?

The Roman Fortress at Jerusalem

The Largeness of Fort Antonia

Fort Antonia was a Roman City

The Haram esh-Sharif Was Fort Antonia

The Rock and the Fortress of Antonia

The Significance of the "Rock" under the Dome of the Rock

Part Two - The Original Sites of the Temples at Jerusalem

Many Modern Sites for the Temples in Jerusalem

The Real Jewish Site of the Temples

All Jewish Buildings in Jerusalem Destroyed in 70 C.E.

Every Stone Uprooted from the Temple

Ruins of the Temple in Southeastern Jerusalem

The First "Western (Wailing) Wall"

The Actual Temple Site from 638 to 1099 C.E.

Part Three - The Biblical History of the Temples unto Herod the Great

The Garden of Eden, The Tower of Babel and the Temple of God

Where Did Solomon Build the Temple?

The Centrality of the Early Temples

The Temple on the Southeast Ridge

The Prime Position of the Temple

The Original Temple Over the Gihon Spring

Necessary Spring Waters within the Temples

Where Was the Akra?

The City of David and the Ophel

Critical Problems Facing Simon the Hasmonean

A New Temple Had to be Built

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Jerusalem of Simon

Resistance to Simon's Rule

Simon's Building Projects

The Temple in the Book of Enoch

Rebuilding the Temple

Part Four - The Position and Description of Herod's Temple

Descriptions of Fort Antonia and the Temple of Herod

The Colonnades from the Temple to Fort Antonia

The Temple that Josephus Knew

The Proper Comparisons of the Temple

How Could the Rabbis Forget?