Table of Contents

The Temple: Its Ministry and Services
Alfred Edersheim

Chapter 1
A First View of Jerusalem, and of the Temple

• The Charm of Jerusalem --Memories of Jerusalem
• Ancient Memories
• Origin of the Name
• The Situation of Jerusalem --First impressions of its splendour
• Mount of Olives
• The Walls
• Tower of Antonia
• The Four Hills --Hills on which the city was built--The streets
• High-priest's Palace --Principal buildings--Synagogues
• The Shushan Gate --Jewish tradition about the 'Shushan Gate' and the arched roadway from the Temple to the Mount of Olives--Lunar station on the Mount of Olives--Lavatories and booths--Approach to the Temple
• The Temple plateau --General appearance of the Temple
• Fables of the Rabbis --Rabbinical legends about Jerusalem and the Temple
• Jerusalem in Ruins --Ruins of ancient Jerusalem; their depth below the present level.