Question: Was the Temple on the Temple Mount or was it in the City of David like the Bible says it was?
A great deal of antagonism and conflict surrounds the apparent Jewish Temple Site in Jerusalem currently, between Muslims, Jews and Christians.
The apparent location of the 1st Temple built by Solomon in the 10th Century BC (BCE= BC; CE=AD; these symbols are used to avoid ref. to Christ’s birth date by various commentators); is now occupied by the Islamic “Dome of the Rock”, and the “Al-Aqsa Mosque’s”; these were started by order of Caliph Abd al-Malik, and completed by his successors; and have been on that Site since approx. AD 691. There have been various re-builds to both, especially after earthquakes.
Prior to that, the Site was occupied by a Roman Temple to Jupiter, built shortly after the Romans had razed to the ground the Jewish 2nd Temple, built by Ezra and Nehemiah in the BC 500s, upon their return from the 70 years Babylonian captivity. This was rebuilt by Herod in approx. BC 20.
See:
The Jewish Temple's Purpose and Meaning
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