tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post6888039683764890266..comments2024-03-29T14:19:30.130+03:00Comments on My Right Word: A Temple Mount BeamYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-86777747370741650402018-02-11T11:00:22.437+02:002018-02-11T11:00:22.437+02:00Off the top of my head, I recall that there was ac...Off the top of my head, I recall that there was actually origin testing. The wood came from Lebanese cedar.<br />1 Kings 5:6.<br />http://tmsifting.org/en/2018/01/31/new-year-for-the-trees-new-life-for-ancient-forgotten-beams/<br />http://tmsifting.org/en/2012/09/23/new-article-in-israel-hayom-about-the-al-aqsa-beams/<br />http://tmsifting.org/media/beams.pdfYMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-52995318802147411032018-02-11T01:32:00.236+02:002018-02-11T01:32:00.236+02:00My thoughts on this(I am not an archaeologist) are...My thoughts on this(I am not an archaeologist) are that it would be really remarkable for beams to last that long even <b> in situ</b>. In this case, however, the story must be that they were used for one structure (the Bayit? The Stoa?), survived the fire that accompanied the Destruction, were used for a church, then were used for a mosque. In the case of the beam allegedly dated to the 9th century BCE, the beams would have to have survived <b>two </b> fires!<br /><br />My feeling, regretfully, is that the C14 dating is wrong. Maybe someone has since repeated the tests, but the original data didn't seem to be presented with the dispassionate care for scientific accuracy that I would expect. <br /><br />If the beams 'age data is robust (I have no actual reason for disputing it) then a more likely explanation is that they came from a different building, possibly a palace or a substantial public building. This would not explain the beam allegedly dated to the 9th century BCE, though, because I can't believe any building would have survived the first Destruction <b>and </b> the likely chaos of the decades before the Return, <b>and</b> had substantial elements survive for nearly half a millennium after that. I would dearly love to be wrong, though, and Israel's failure to exert its strength and protect the archeology of the Temple Mount is, in my opinion, a crime against history. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com