Jerusalem – The Israel Antiquities Authority says that the discovery of a 2,800 year old pillar dating back to the First Temple-era must be handled “delicately” and “sensitively” since it sits under a Palestinian orchard.
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The TIMES OF ISRAEL (http://bit.ly/11P85fj) reports that the exact location of site, originally discovered by a tour guide leading a group through a tunnel in the rural West Bank, is being kept secret while the Antiquities Authority, along with other Israeli agencies, work behind the scenes to bring about a complete excavation.
Yosef Garfinkel, a professor of archaeology from Hebrew University, visited site and said there is “no doubt” that the dig’s remains are from the construction period of the First Temple.
In other words, we mustn’t push the Jewish claim to EY too much.
First sould the israeli’s handeld sensitveli all the jewish graves they distroying daily
Wow! If the “Fink” says it is 1st Temple, it must be very compelling indeed! Dr. F is very sceptical.
Please remember –
Just because it’s First Temple era doesn’t mean it had anything to do with the Bais Hamikdash. There were other buildings that used pillars. There were even other cultures living in the area and plenty of Jewish temples to avodah zarah – particularly in the North.
Finding a First Temple era relic doesn’t prove a Jewish connection to the land. I bet you could even find ruins from that era in Greece and Persia – would that prove that those were Jewish lands?