Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <lbr AT sprynet.com>]

On 12 Feb 00, at 14:28, Robert Vining wrote:

>  Same for Solomon whose magnificent Temple has left not a trace. 

This is not quite true.  We do not know what traces of Solomon's Temple 
are left because the Temple Mount has not been archeologically surveyed 
or excavated. While it would not be realistic to expect to find any remnants 
of its superstructure, in view of the First Temple's destruction, and its 
replacement by later buildings, its foundations might be found, as well as 
the retaining walls of the earlier, smaller Temple Mount esplanade.

Lewis Reich