The Temple at the Al Aqsa Mosque

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The Temple Mount

Modern Destruction By Richard Benkin, Ph.D. (May 2003) - In 1886, British explorer Captain Charles Wilson undertook the most comprehensive survey of Jerusalem in modern times, noting, “No one has ever questioned that the [Jewish] Temple formerly stood within the Haram-es-Sherif [Moslem name for the Temple Mount].”¹ It would be difficult to think of a more absurd notion. To deny that reality denies the essence of both Jewish and Christian scripture. They both contain voluminous reference to the temples, from their construction to the events in the life of Jesus. In fact, Moslem and Arab history also confirms Warren’s declaration. Before 638 CE—a rather late date in the history of that region—there was no Islamic presence in Jerusalem. Its conqueror, the Umayyad Caliph, Umar, asked its Byzantine Patriarch, Sophronius, to show him the site of the Jewish Temples almost immediately upon entering the city. Sophronius did so and said, “Here is that appalling abomination.” Umar was indeed appalled—but not by the Temple itself. He was incensed at the accumulated garbage and debris, which he believed desecrated that Jewish holy site. He ordered the site cleansed immediately in a manner befitting its holy purpose. Soon thereafter, he commissioned The Dome of the Rock on the Mount, and his son had Al-Aqsa mosque built there as well. These edifices were not constructed to mark a Moslem holy site but to advertise Moslem hegemony over Jerusalem with its Jewish and Christian holy sites. more...

This view has been put forth by several people, including Tuvia Sagiv and Norma Robertson. It places the temple to the South of the Dome of the Rock in place of the Al Aqsa Mosque.

Arguments For

Secrets of the Temple Mount by Tuvia Sagiv

Locating Solomon’s Temple by Norma Robertson

Research Links For the Theory:

• Locating Solomon's Temple - This page shows a progression through time of the temple under this theory with pictures depicting how it looked.
• Southern Location: Secrets of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem - Tuvia Sagiv YouTube
• What If This Isn't the Western Wall? by Gershom Gorenberg

Arguments against

Pending research...

Research Links Against the Theory: