Understanding the Holy Temple Jesus Knew: The Background to Key Gospel Events - Paperback

by Ritmeyer Leen &. Kathleen (Author)

This book is a companion volume to Understanding the Holy Temple of the Old Testament. The work that the Ritmeyers have done here helps illuminate the Gospel scenes where Jesus is described interacting in and around the Temple courts. Pictures, as well as detailed reconstruction drawings, help to give the reader a more vivid understanding of the Temple complex, while the text provides the details necessary to connect the Scripture with the location. This is an excellent ad for anyone desiring to understand the Temple complex that Jesus knew and interacted with throughout the Gospels.

Author Biography

Leen Ritmeyer has been involved in all of Jerusalem's major excavations, producing site plans and reconstruction drawings for all of them. In Jerusalem, he directed prestigious restoration projects such as the Byzantine Cardo and the Herodian Villas and taught Biblical Archaeology at the Universities of Leeds and Cardiff in the U.K. He authored The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Kathleen Ritmeyer studied Archaeology at University College Dublin and has participated in excavations in Ireland, Scotland, and Israel. She has worked as a teacher, translator, and tour guide, and combines her love of education and archaeology working with Leen in their firm Ritmeyer Archaeological Design, producing materials on biblical archaeology.