Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Temple (Kregel Pictorial Guides) (The Kregel Pictorial Guide Series) [Paperback]

Robert Backhouse (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Kregel Pictorial Guide Series | Publication Date: September 6, 1996

The grandeur of Herod's temple is brought to life in complete detail and full color in this best-selling book. (20040603)

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The photographs are spectacular; the text is simple, yet concise and comprehensive. If you want to step back in time for a quiet evening of walking through the Temple, mingling with the priests and Israelites in activities at the ancient House of God, you will not be disappointed. The Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Temple, from cover to cover, is both a marvelous aid for teaching the tremendous truths bound up in the Temple worship and ritual and an illuminating personal adventure. (Elwood McQuaid Friends of Israel )

Seldom have I seen so much packed into so few pages. This beautifully illustrated history of the focal point of Jewish worship from the Tabernacle to the time of Herod's Temple is simply and concisely presented. . . . This volume is a worthwhile addition to your library and its use will greatly enhance your understanding of the structures that the Scripture devotes much space to detailing. (Messenger )

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Kregel Publications (September 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825430399
• ISBN-13: 978-0825430398
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wealth of information packed into a little guide, May 18, 2000

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"shofar" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Temple (Kregel Pictorial Guides) (The Kregel Pictorial Guide Series) (Paperback)

There is a wealth of information packed into this little guide to the Temple in Jerusalem. The extremely concise writing gives you the essential background information on the Tabernacle, Solomon 's Temple, and Herod's Temple. A survey of the history of the Temple and the festivals associated with it are also included. The book then takes you to the future, up to the absence of a temple in the New Jerusalem. But by far, the greatest assets of this little guide are the outstanding pictures of Alec Garrard's authentic model of Herod's Temple. They not only convey a sense grandeur and immense size, but they really allow the viewers to immerse themselves mentally into the temple culture of those times. There is even a drawing of how the city of Jerusalem looked in 30 A.D. (although the Hippodrome is placed in the northeast corner of the city, whereas it is normally thought to have been located just southeast of the temple mount.) Readers will possess a basic knowledge of the Temple and festivals simply by studying this short book. You get a lot for your money here. I recommmend it for expert and novice alike.

27 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Certainly not a Jewish perspective on History, December 26, 2000

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Matthew W (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Temple (Kregel Pictorial Guides) (The Kregel Pictorial Guide Series) (Paperback)

I was excited to get this guide because I thought it was going to tell me, or at least show me all about "The Temple".

I was wrong.

This book was authored by an Episcopalian Minister, and I doubt that many scholarly types, will find it particularly enlightening. The few pages contain several anecdotes about Jesus and the money changers, but overall it is not very scholarly. It simply affixes a few quotations from the Tanakh and the New Testament beside pictures of an impressive scaled down reproduction of Herod's Temple. I would have appreciated a discussion of the significance of The (several) Temple(s) to pre-Christian Judaism.

The illustrations seem to me to depict Jewish Priests as practioners of a bizarre cult. One picture of an archealogical find, an oil lamp full of silver shekels, has a caption that reads something like "a hoard of silver shekels, hidden by Jews during the unsuccessful revolt against Rome."

A hoard?

In another part I found that the author's description of Rome's massacre expressed something of a "the Jews deserved it" sentiment, though a reasonable person may disagree.

-MW

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars errata!, May 20, 2000

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"shofar" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kregel Pictorial Guide to the Temple (Kregel Pictorial Guides) (The Kregel Pictorial Guide Series) (Paperback)

In my comment below, I must have been sleeping when I said that the Hippodrome (the oblong stadium that Herod used for chariot racing) was thought to be located just southeast of the Temple Mount. That would place it in the Kidron Valley! I meant to say just southwest of the Temple Mount. In any case it is a rather trivial matter, but one that jumped out at me. The book is chock full of useful information and awesome pictures of Alec Garrard's model of the 2nd Temple. You will have a very good understanding of the history of the Temple after reading this book. Get it, it's worth it.