Literary Sources for Details of Temple Reconstruction

General: Middot 3:6–4: 7; Wars, V, 5, 1–8 (184–247); Antiquities XV 380–425.

Splendor: Sukkah 51b; Baba Batra 4a; Tosefta Menahot 13, 19; Braitha in Pesahim 57a; Wars V, 5, 4 & 6 (208–213, 222–227).

Whitewashing: Middot 3:4; Sukkah 51b; Baba Batra 4a.

Dimensions and External Shape: Middot 4:6, 7; Wars V, 5, 4 & 5 (208–221); Antiquities XV 391, 393.

Portico Steps: Middot 3:6; Wars V, 5, 4 (207).

Facade and Portico Portal: Middot 2:3, 3:7. (In Wars V, 5, 4 (208) the height of the Portal is 70 cubits and its width, 25 cubits)

Golden Eagle: Wars I, 33, 2–3 (648–653); Antiquities XVII 149–155.

Portico Dimensions: Middot 4:7. (In Wars V, 5, 4 [207, 209] the excess is given as 20 cubits on either side; the Portico measurements are 20 cubits [depth] x 50 cubits [width] x 90 cubits [height].)

Cedar Beams Between the Portico Wall and the Sanctuary Wall: Middot 3:8.

Gilding of Portico Walls: Tosefta Menahot 13, 19.

Window Crowns on Sanctuary Facade: Middot 3:8. (Windows are mentioned in Codex Kaufmann, Cambridge, Parma-De Rossi 138, Paris 328–329, as well as in the Mishnah Commentary of the Rambam [ed. Kappah] and 1 Maccabees 1:22 and 4:57.)

Sanctuary Portal: Middot 4:1; Wars V, 5, 4 (211) (the height of the Portal is 55 cubits and its width, 16 cubits); Antiquities XV 394 (Latin version); Eruvin 2b.