Understanding the Holy Temple Jesus Knew (Paperback)

Leen Ritmeyer

ISBN 10: 9652208876 / ISBN 13: 9789652208873

Published by Carta, The Israel Map & Publishing Company, Jerusalem, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. This book provides a backdrop to the Gospel scenes which depict the Lord Jesus moving through the Temple Courts, a place where he performed many of his most significant acts. Although the Temple complex that Jesus knew was a very different one to that rebuilt by the returning Jewish exiles from Babylon, the site retained the name of Second Temple. This was because its builder, the Edomite King Herod the Great, was not allowed by the religious Jewish authorities to make any substantial changes to the Temple building proper. However, in the vastly enlarged and embellished platform on which the Temple stood, Herod was able to express his passion and creative genius for building. Following a full description of this platform, the authors begin at the Holy of Holies, the central focus of the complex, and follow Jesus and his contemporaries through the great Sanctuary of Israel. Stopping off at many points along the way, they reflect on scenes such as the Presentation in the Temple, Jesus' visit at age twelve and the rending of the veil between the Holy and the Most Holy at his crucifixion. Their exploration is facilitated by the richly detailed reconstruction drawings that accompany the lively text. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding the Holy Temple Jesus Knew (Paperback)
• Publisher: Carta, The Israel Map & Publishing Company, Jerusalem
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9652208876
• ISBN 13: 9789652208873
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

This book is a companion volume to Understanding the Holy Temple of the Old Testament. The work that the Ritmeyers have done here helps illuminate the Gospel scenes where Jesus is described interacting in and around the Temple courts. Pictures, as well as detailed reconstruction drawings, help to give the reader a more vivid understanding of the Temple complex, while the text provides the details necessary to connect the Scripture with the location. This is an excellent ad for anyone desiring to understand the Temple complex that Jesus knew and interacted with throughout the Gospels.

About the Author

Leen Ritmeyer has been involved in all of Jerusalem’s major excavations, producing site plans and reconstruction drawings for all of them. In Jerusalem, he directed prestigious restoration projects such as the Byzantine Cardo and the Herodian Villas and taught Biblical Archaeology at the Universities of Leeds and Cardiff in the U.K. He authored The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Kathleen Ritmeyer studied Archaeology at University College Dublin and has participated in excavations in Ireland, Scotland, and Israel. She has worked as a teacher, translator, and tour guide, and combines her love of education and archaeology working with Leen in their firm Ritmeyer Archaeological Design, producing materials on biblical archaeology.