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The Tabernacle and the Temple in Ancient Israel
Author(s) -
Homan Michael M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2006.00006.x
Subject(s) - temple , mount , summit , ancient history , history , art , archaeology , classics , theology , geography , philosophy , engineering , cartography , mechanical engineering
According to the Bible, the Tabernacle, a portable and ornate tent shrine, served as the terrestrial home for ancient Israel's deity from its construction at Mount Sinai under the supervision of Moses until it was replaced by Solomon's Temple. Solomon built his Temple in Jerusalem on the summit of Mount Moriah, and this served as God's home for approximately four hundred years. The Babylonians destroyed the Temple in 586 BCE. Zerubbabel oversaw the building of a Second Temple in 520 BCE. This building underwent extensive renovations by Herod in 19 BCE, and the Jerusalem Temple was finally destroyed in 70 CE by the Romans. Many of the most famous events in the Bible and history take place at the Tabernacle and Jerusalem Temple, as they were the most important structures in ancient Israel. For the past two millennia they have been the focus of more attention than any other buildings in antiquity.