Barkay G. and Dvira Y.S. 2017. Iron Age II Figurine Fragments from the Temple Mount Soil.In E. Baruch and A. Faust eds. New Studies on Jerusalem: Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Conference. Ramat Gan ...

The Bible says Hezekiah wanted to centralize worship at the Temple in Jerusalem, and in doing so, he abolished the ritual sites located across the kingdom. It also describes that during the First ...

The temple in Jerusalem Although each Jewish community worshipped at its own synagogue, the temple in Jerusalem remained the spiritual center of their worship. The temple had been rebuilt three times.

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence of cultic activity and possibly animal sacrifice in the Kingdom of Judah during the First Temple period.

An ancient structure uncovered on the eastern slope of the City of David inside Jerusalem Walls National Park is believed to have been used for ritual practices during the time of the First Temple, ...