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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Josiah's book of the Law
  • Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:39:23 +0100

On 04/08/2005 09:39, Read, James C wrote:

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5) As the temple was completely destroyed by the babylonians and then later
rebuilt, there
is no reliale way of archeologically establishing when the original temple
was built.


It is unlikely that every trace was destroyed, rather than being built over. So there is in fact a good chance that some traces of the first Temple remain on the Temple Mount, built over by two later Jewish Temples, a Roman one, and the Islamic Dome of the Rock.

6) In fact, we cannot archeologically establish if there ever was a first
temple.


The problem is more that no one will allow the archaeology to be done.

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