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Temple of Solomon (synagogue)

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The ancient center of Jewish worship in Jerusalem

Names

  • Hebrew: בית המקדש = BYT HMQDSh 1
  • Latin: templum 2-4
  • Syriac: ܗܝܟܠܐ = HYKLʾ 5-6
  • Syriac: ܗܝܟܠܐ ܕܫܠܝܡܘܢ = HYKLʾ DShLYMWN 7

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 2 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce 3 c. 1289c.129014th C1864
Events mentioned by Odoric of Pordenone 4 1318-13301330c. 13501864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 5-7 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Temple: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 10, 36 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2templum: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), prol. 5, VII 24, VIII 1. 5 [Latin].
  • 3templum: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XXXIII 12. [Latin].
  • 4templum: Odoric of Pordenone, Liber de Terra Sancta, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XXV 1. [Latin].
  • 5Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 74 [Syriac].
    • Temple de Jérusalem: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 112, 283, 288, 289 [French].
  • 6Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 39 [Syriac].
    • Temple de Salomon: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 61, 97, 98, 100, 102-104, 108, 141, 161; III, 405 [French].
  • 7Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 423 [Syriac].
    • temple de Salomon : J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 425, 431; III, 185, 405 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Temple of Solomon” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/186.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Evan Willford: place categorization and abstract
  • Liran Yadgar: categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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