The Debate Goes On

Longtime BAR readers know that we keep returning to the question of where on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount ancient Israel’s sacred Temple stood. Perhaps it’s because there’s just enough evidence to bring a persuasive answer within reach, but not enough to put the matter definitively to rest. In a two-part article last year (“Sacred Geometry—Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount, Part 1,” BAR 25:04, and “Sacred Geometry—Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount, Part 2,” BAR 25:05), David Jacobson weighed the merits of two well-known theories regarding the Temple’s location, previously advanced in these pages by Leen Ritmeyer and Asher S. Kaufman—and arrived at his own proposal! Now it’s time for Ritmeyer and Kaufman to defend their views, contra Jacobson.—Ed.