To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Deuteronomic King
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:39:26 -0500
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 accurate. 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.