The traditional location of the First
and Second Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount has been challenged in recent
years by Robert Cornuke in his book entitled Temple: Amazing New Discoveries that Change Everything About the
Location of Solomon’s Temple (2014).
The argument of the book is that the location of Solomon’s Temple was
not on top the Temple Mount, but 1320 feet south of the mount in the City of
David, and that the Temple Mount was the site of the Antonina Fortress. Although Cornuke’s work has received favorable reviews
by some readers, others have not found the work convincing, including myself. In a recent video entitled “The
Temple Mount Myth (Ep 1)” on YouTube from the Temple Mount Report, John
Enarson and Doron Keidar challenge Cornuke’s theory on several levels that
include the Antonina Fortress, the Stone
of Trumpeting that was found on the south west corner of the mount, the
Scriptural location of the temple as outside the City of David (1Kgs 8:1-13),
an unbroken Jewish presence in the land of Israel, archaeological evidence from
ca. 363 CE of Isa 66:14 engraved into one of the stones near Robinson’s Arch
connected with the western side of the Temple Mount, the location of the
“threshing floor,” the significance of the Gihon Spring in the Old City of
David, and the work of the Israeli archaeologist Eli Shukron, who holds the
view that the temple was on Mount Moriah.
The Temple Mount Report debunks Cornuke’s theory and defends the traditional
site of the Jewish temples on the Temple Mount.
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Picture of Temple Mount Area from Trip to Israel
2017
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Picture of Temple Mount Area from Trip to Israel
2017
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Picture of Temple Mount Area from Trip to Israel
2017
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