Biblical Archaeology Review

See James Fleming, “The Undiscovered Gate Beneath Jerusalem’s Golden Gate,” BAR 09:01.

For one view and a review of the arguments, see Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz, “King Solomon’s Wall Still Supports the Temple Mount,” BAR 13:03.

The devil took Jesus up to the “pinnacle of the Temple” and told him to throw himself down in order to prove he was the Son of God. Jesus replied, “It is written, ‘You should not tempt the Lord your God.’”

The Mishnah is the collection of Jewish oral laws compiled and written down by Rabbi Judah the Prince in about 200 A.D.

The Talmud (tahl-MOOD) is a collection of Jewish laws and teachings comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara (a commentary on the Mishnah). There are two Talmuds. The Palestinian (or Jerusalem) Talmud was completed in the mid-fifth century A.D.; the Babylonian Talmud, completed in the mid-sixth century A.D., became authoritative.

See Asher S. Kaufman, “Where Was the Trumpeting Inscription Located,” Queries & Comments, BAR 13:03.

See Aaron Demsky, “When the Priests Trumpeted the Onset of the Sabbath,” BAR 12:06.

See Nancy Miller, “Patriarchal Burial Site Explored for First Time in 700 Years,” BAR 11:03; and Dan Bahat, “Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial of Jesus?” BAR 12:03.

A relieving, or discharging, arch is an arch built into the wall above the lintel of a doorway. Without it, the pressure of the wall construction would break the lintel stone. The relieving arch diverts the pressure that comes from above through the arch stones to the side parts of the opening, as illustrated in the drawing. Arrows show diversion of pressure from above.

Numbers in parentheses in this article correspond to numbered features in the drawing.