The Purpose of the Balustrade in the Herodian Temple
Abstract Within the Herodian temenos in Jerusalem, a warning inscription prohibited non-Jews, under penalty of death, from proceeding any further inward. This was mounted on a low stone balustrade that encircled an area larger than the actual holy ground. As suggested in research, the underlying pen...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2020
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Journal for the study of Judaism
Jahr: 2020, Band: 51, Heft: 4/5, Seiten: 487-524 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Tempel
/ Jerusalem
/ Architektur
/ Geschichte
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| RelBib Classification: | HD Frühjudentum HH Archäologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
fictive reading
B warning inscription B Second Temple Period B exclusion of gentiles B Herodian Temple B Herod B Septuagint B Biblical Interpretation B Jewish Law |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Abstract Within the Herodian temenos in Jerusalem, a warning inscription prohibited non-Jews, under penalty of death, from proceeding any further inward. This was mounted on a low stone balustrade that encircled an area larger than the actual holy ground. As suggested in research, the underlying pentateuchal law for the inscription was הזר הקרב יומת , “the unauthorized encroacher shall be put to death.” The subjection of gentiles to this law, in particular, and its application even when they had not, de facto , trespassed on holy ground remain, however, unexplained. The article suggests that the inscription applied הזר הקרב יומת to a זר , in the sense of “a foreigner,” who merely קרב , “draws near” to sacred ground. A further suggestion is that this reading and implementation of the biblical law reflects a preemptive endeavor to blunt Jewish objection to a major cultic innovation by Herod: granting gentiles access to the Jerusalem temenos . |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0631 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700631-BJA10021 |