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Jerusalem´s Temple Mount
June 2012
Temple Mount built by Herod the Great (37 BCE-4 AD
Al Aqsa -mosque
Dome of the Rock
Entrance of underground mosque dug without archeological permission
Place of trumpeting
This stone fell from south-western corner of Temple Mount during the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD
A priest announced by trumpet blasts the beginning and the end of the Sabbath
This inscription contains a warning (an explanation will come after short time)
Behind the oldest known inscription which presents the menora -candelabra
On the front -left side two half-shekel coins which were used as temple-tax
On the front-right side a vessel which was used as object of burnt- and sin- offering ceremonies
Exodus 30: 13-15, Leviticus 12
Excerpts from timeline of Temple Mount
Jerusalem mentioned in Egyptian execration texts
Jerusalem mentioned in Egyptian El Amarna -letters in 14th century BC
Israel mentioned in Mernethap inscription in 13rd century BC
David conquers Jerusalem about 1000 BC (2nd Samuel 5: 4-10)
Tel Dan inscription mentions House of David in the mid-9th century BC
Hezekiah´tunnel and Sennacherib of Assyria withdraws from siege of Jerusalem in the end of 8th century (2. Kings 18-19)
Nebuchadnessar of Babylon destroys the first temple in 586 BCE (2. Kings 24-25)
Exiles rebuild temple 536-515 BCE (Ezra 6: 13-18)
Herod expands temple in 37 BCE-4 AD
Jesus teaches in the temple and prophesies destruction of Jerusalem which took place in 70 AD (Joh. 7: 14-53, Luke 21: 20-24)
Constantine builds Church of the Holy Sepulchre above hill of Golgotha in the 4th century AD
Muhammed' s claimed nightly journey to "most distant mosque" (according to muslims it it Temple Mount)
In 692 AD Dome of the Rock to be build 60 years after Muhammed' s death
Jerusalem is mentioned in Qur 'an 0 times, in Holy Bible over 600 times