The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Where were the First and Second Jewish Temples Located?

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Aerial photo of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem showing the Proposed Northern,
Central and Southern Sites for the First and Second Temples.

Recent Developments in the News

Brief Summary of the Problem of Locating the Temple Site

Where Were the First and Second Temples Located?

• Three Theories Summarized and Compared:

The Temple Mount at the Dome of the Rock (Dr. Leen Ritmeyer, Dr. Dan Bahat)
The Temple Mount to the North (Dr. Asher Kaufman)
The Southern Hypothesis Introduced (Tuvia Sagiv)

RealAudio or MP3 format: Listen to Lectures by Dr. Asher Kaufman, Dr. Dan Bahat, Tuvia Sagiv, Rabbi Chaim Richman, Gershon Salomon, and Stanley Goldfoot.

RealMedia (RealPlayer): Video Presentation by Gershon Solomon,
Faith of the Temple Mount "Let Us Rise Up and Build."
(added July 12), 1998. (28.8) (56.6)

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Evidence for the Temple Location South of the Dome of the Rock

Tuvia Sagiv's Research Papers

• The location of the Temple on the Temple Mount based on the Aqueduct and rock levels at Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. PDF. October 2008
• Determination of the Temple Location based on the Angle of Sight of Agrippa II (5/20/04)
• The Mystery of the Golden Goblet and the Dome of the Rock (10/15/04)
• The Hidden Secrets of the Temple Mount
• Temples on Mount Moriah
• Penetrating Insights into the Temple Mount (Radar and Infra-red Studies)
• The Street below the Western Wall: Coins and Conclusions

Reports, a video tape and posters are available by mail from Tuvia Sagiv. Ordering information

Tuvia Sagiv and the Third Temple Location problem is the subject of an article "What if This Isn't the Western Wall," in the November 23, 1998 issue of The Jerusalem Report, available on Internet.

Looking North from El Kas Fountain,
Tuvia Sagiv's Proposed SouthernTemple Site

History of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount

• Recent Developments in the News
• The Temple Watch
• The Re-Established Jewish Sanhedrin
• The Tribe: The Cohen-Levi Family Heritage
• Biblical Times (from Abraham)
• Where is the Temple?, by Tuvia Sagiv, 9/3/00
• Faithful to the bitter end? By Michael S. Arnold (J. Post, 8/17/00)
• Solomon's Stables and the Southern Gates
• The Mystery of the Red Heifer (news and book by Chaim Richman)
• Does God Need a Temple?
• History of the Temple
• The Temple Mount in Earliest Times
• Mount Moriah
• Solomon's Temple
• The Temple (Virtual Israel Experience)
• The 9th of Av, 586 B.C.E.; The Destruction of the First Temple
• Second Temple Times
• The 400 Years Between the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
• History of Jerusalem (Virtual Israel Experience)The 9th of Av, 70 C.E.; The Destruction of the Second Temple
• Allah and the Temple Mount
• The Religion of Islam (Saudi Arabia source)
• A Summary of Islamic Beliefs and Eschatology
• Islam and Eschatology, compiled by a Muslim Medical Doctor
• The Qur'an and the Land of Israel, by Shaykh Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi
• Preparations for a Third Temple
• Biblical Predictions Concerning a Third and Fourth Temple
• Ezekiel's Temple
• Ezekiel's Temple (Visual Tour)
• Future Hope Ministries (The Temple of Ezeiel, John Schmitt)
• The Treasures of the House of the Lord
• The Lost Ark of the Covenant, by David Shyovitz
• Visiting the Temple Mount
• Notes on the Rabbinical Tunnel
• Preface and Background of this web site.
• Geophysical Methods Useful in Archaeology (Link)
• Geophysical Exploration Project in Israel, 1983 (Link)
• Geophysical Explorations in Egypt
• Geophysics and the Temple Mount (Link)
• The Significance of the Temple for Christians
• Who Owns Jerusalem? (A Christian Perspective), by Lambert Dolphin
• Relevant Biblical Prophecy Studies, by Ray C. Stedman
• Christian Answers to Islam
• Ordinance Survey of Jerusalem, by Capt. Charles W. Wilson, 1886. (Excerpts)
• Survey of Western Palestine, by Sir Charles Warren, 1884. (Excerpts)

The Western Wall. Tuvia Sagiv's "Southern Location," lies due East of this Wall

Maps Cross Sections of the Temple Mount Jerusalem as the Center of the World (fish eye lens) Jerusalem in 19th Century Art (James E. Lancaster, Ph.D.) Map of Jerusalem Today Map of Greater Jerusalem Area Map of Jerusalem in Roman Times Ancient Maps of Jerusalem Old Charts and Drawings of the Temple Mount Early Maps and Models of Jerusalem Virtual Israel: Jerusalem History

The Ark of the Covenant Many authorities believe the Ark is located under the Temple Mount.

Related Links

• The Temple Institute (Jerusalem)
• Wordpress: First Edition of the al-Haram al-Sharif Temple Mount Guide, 1924
• The Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
• People for a Bill to Build the Beit HaMikdash
• God's Holy Mountain
• An Artist's Model for the Temples to the South
• Temple Mount: Real Time Virtual Simulation
• History of Jerusalem History according to the Egypt State Information Service (8/22/03)
• Jerusalem Archaeological Park (Virtual Temple Mount)
• The Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction
• Ritmeyer Archaeological Design
• THE NATAN FOUNDATION for the RESTORATION of THE TEMPLE of JERUSALEM on its AUTHENTIC SITE (excellent charts and maps).
• The Temple Watch (news)
• Bible Places: The Temple Mount
• The Wilderness Tabernacle (at Kibbutz Almog)
• The Hope and The Academy of Jerusalem
• The Coming Last Days Temple by Dr. Randall Price. (Important new book).
• Dr. Leen Ritmeyer's Temple Mount Page
• The Tabernacle of Moses and the Ark of the Covenant Model
• The Noble Sanctuary (Islamic Resource)
• Moshiach Online
• Light to the Nations, Rabbi Chaim Richman
• Root and Branch Association
• Temple Mount and Eretz Yisrael Faithful Movement (Gershon Salomon)
• HaTenu'ah LeChinun HaMikdash (Mikdash Build)
• The Temple Mount (Associates for Scriptural Knowledge)
• The Third Temple for All Mankind... by Moses V. Komsky, Architect
• Temple Mount Deorita and Temple Mount Derabanan
• Project Cornerstone (Towards the rebuilding of the Temple)
• The Temple Location, Dr. Ernest T. Martin's Theory
• Response to Ernest Martin's Theory, by Leen Ritmeyer
• B'Tzedek Magazine
• Geotechnical Problems in the Holy land - Then and Now
• Temple Mount: Bible Picture Tour
• Tour of Jewish and World History
• The Works of Josephus
• The Temple--Its Ministry and Services as they were at the time of Christ, by Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889)
• Sketches of Jewish Social Life, by Alfred Edersheim (1876)
• Biblical Archaeology - Israeli Culture Net Links
• Song of the Dove web site (Razi Yerushalmi).
• Are the Temples Anthropic?
• The Ark of the Covenant: A Historical Perspective (Dr. Gerald N. Shapiro)

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Listen to a great classic by S. E. Weatherly in Real Audio. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Vocalist. "The Holy City" (14.4) or (28.8)

Papers by Tuvia Sagiv are © 1996 Tuvia Sagiv, 27, Elkachi Street, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel; Phone (3) - 6437066, Fax: (3) - 6437067. Email Tuvia Sagiv (sagiv1@barak-online.net) All Rights Reserved. International Copyright secured. This web site was developed by Jim Milligan, Lambert Dolphin, (lambert@ldolphin.org) and Michael Kollen. Created April 1, 1996. Last update April 12, 2010. Special thanks for site hosting by Blue Letter Bible.