Biblical Archaeology Review May/June 2000 Vol 26 No 3 - Editor: Hershel Shanks

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Biblical Archaeology Review May/June 2000 Vol 26 No 3 - Editor: Hershel Shanks

• The new 'Ain Dara Temple Closest Solomonic Parallel:  When the Babylonians captures Jerusalem in 586 B.C., they thoroughly destroyed the temple that Solomon had built; all that remains is the detailed description in the Bible.  Recent excavations in Syria have uncovered a temple from the same period that is so similar in design and scale that it could have served as a model for Solomon's architects - confirming the Bible's assertion that Phoenician architects assisted the Israelite king.
• Jerusalem as Eden:  A tour of numerous splendid temples and palaces reveals that the concept of a garden Paradise was well established and widespread in the ancient Near East. Heaven and earth met in these palatial gardens, complete with life-giving waters and lush foliage.  King Solomon's palace and temple were created on the basis on the same concept.
• What's an Egyptian Temple Doing in Jerusalem?:  While conducting unrelated research, our author stumbled across a handful of religious artifacts indicating that there was a previously unknown Egyptian temple in Jerusalem in the Late Bronze Age.  This adds important new evidence to the debate over how signifcant a city Jerusalem was in the era preceding King David.

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