Temple Mount Project Unearths Rare Seal Dating Back to King David Era

JNS.org – A rare stone seal that is believed to date back to the periods of King David and Solomon in the 10th century BCE was recently uncovered by a 10-year-old Russian boy and deciphered by experts.

The rare seal uncovered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project. Photo: Temple Mount Sifting Project.

The limestone seal features two crude engravings of animals possibly representing a predator and prey, according to Dr. Gabriel Barkay, one of the co-founders of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which sorts through rubble that was illegally excavated during the construction of the Marwani mosque in 1999.

Barkay said the seal highlights

 “the administrative activity which took place upon the Temple Mount during those times.”

“The dating of the seal corresponds to the historical period of the Jebusites and the conquest of Jerusalem by King David, as well as the construction of the Temple and the royal official compound by his son, King Solomon,”

said Barkay.

 “What makes this discovery particularly significant is that it originated from upon the Temple Mount itself.”

The Temple Mount Sifting Project, which operates under Bar-Ilan University and is supported financially by the City of David Foundation, has also uncovered hundreds of pottery shards dating back to the 10th century BCE, including a rare arrowhead made of bronze.

“Since the Temple Mount has never been excavated, the ancient artifacts retrieved in the Sifting Project provide valuable and previously inaccessible information,”

 Barkay said.

 “The many categories of finds are among the largest and most varied ever found in Jerusalem.”

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Chicago Ecclesia Study Day October 2013

Chicago Ecclesia Study Day (October 25-27, 2013)   

The Chicago Ecclesia would like to invite the brotherhood to an Adult Study Weekend being held in Camp Lake, Wisconsin.

 We are very grateful to have Brother John Pople speaking and the title of his study is "Solomon and Delilah".

 The dates are from Friday evening, October 25th thru Sunday Memorial Service on October 27th. We have available space for adults to attend, bur we do not have facilities or classes set up for children.

If you are interested, please contact Sister Sherry Johnson at 815-965-8999 or email at simonsjoy@yahoo.com for further information and reservations. We would love to have you attend and share fellowship with us.

In the saving name of our Lord Jesus

Sister Sherry Johnson, Registrar

simonsjoy@yahoo.com    

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Building Solomon’s Temple

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie: Het bouwen van Solomons tempel

An exhibition “Building Solomon’s Temple” will be held from January 17 – May 27, 2011, in The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ, UK. Hopefully the snow will have disappeared by then.

For more than 200 years, the concept of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem had been central to organised freemasonry and had influenced its symbolism, architecture and ceremonies. Biblical scholars and early freemasons had only been able to use the few biblical references to construct their images of the Temple on paper and later on ceramics, textiles and glass. Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt reawakened interest in the Middle East.

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Het bouwen van Solomons tempel

Van January 17 – Mei 27, 2011 zal een tentoonstelling “Building Solomon’s Temple” plaatsgrijpen  in The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ, UK.

Voor meer dan 200 jaren was het begrip van de Tempel van Salomon in Jeruzalem centraal geweest voor de georganiseerde vrijmetselarij en had het zijn symboliek, architectuur en ceremonies beïnvloed. Bijbelse geleerden en vroege vrijmetselaars hadden enkel de weinige bijbelse referenties kunnen gebruiken om hun beelden van de Tempel op papier te zetten en later op keramische, textielproducten en glas. De expeditie van Napoleon naar Egypte wekte vroeger terug  interesse in het Midden-Oosten

De formatie van een Engelse loge in Jeruzalem was het resultaat van de opening op het gebied van archeologie en toerisme van het midden van de negentiende eeuw waarin vele vrijmetselaars werden betrokken. Vrijmetselaars zoals de Amerikaan Robb Morris en Sir Charles Warren reisden naar Jeruzalem voor archeologische opgravingen en schreven over hun bezoeken. Het herstel van archeologische overblijfselen en de ontwikkeling van toerisme gaven hen de gelegenheid om terug tastbare fragmenten te brengen om Engelse logekamers in te richten en de denkbeeldige Vrijmetselaarstempel te versterken.

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Engelse versie / English version: Building Solomon’s Temple