Biblical Archaeology Review

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Endnote 2 - Locating the Original Temple Mount

Charles Wilson and Charles Warren, Recovery of Jerusalem (London: Bentley, 1871), chap. 7, “Tanks and Souterrains of the Sanctuary,” pp. 204–217.

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Endnote 1 - Locating the Original Temple Mount

Josephus, The Jewish War 1.21.1.

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Endnote 5 - Queries & Comments

Odes of Solomon 26:11, transl. Charlesworth in Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2, p. 282.

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Endnote 4 - Queries & Comments

Baruch 75 2–3, transl A.F.J. Klijn, in Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol 1, p. 646.

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Endnote 3 - Queries & Comments

Sibylline Oracles 4:115–136, transl. J. J. Collins, in Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, ed James H. Charlesworth, 2 vol. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 983–1985), vol. 1, p. 387.

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Endnote 2 - Queries & Comments

For a detailed discussion of the words used to describe the menorah, and of the menorah’s relationship to tree imagery, see Carol Meyers, The Tabernacle Menorah: A Synthetic Study of a Symbol from the Biblical Cult (Cambridge, MA Scholars Press and ASOR, 1976).