Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. 1 A MONUMENT OF THE IMAGINATION 1
4. 2 SOLOMON’S TEMPLE: THE GLORY AND THE DESTRUCTION 19
5. 3 REBUILDING THE TEMPLE: A VISION FROM EXILE 42
6. 4 HEROD’S TEMPLE: A WONDER OF THE WORLD 57
7. 5 THE TEMPLE OF THE SCHOLARS: A BUILDING OF WORDS 81
8. 6 YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE 96
9. 7 CALIPHS AND CRUSADERS 109
10. 8 THE ARTIST’S EYE 124
11. 9 TRAVELLERS’ TALES 143
12. 10 ARCHAEOLOGY AND IMPERIALISM 152
13. 11 THE TEMPLE AS MYTH: FREEMASONS AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR 163
14. 12 THE TEMPLE IS OURS! 171
15. MAKING A VISIT ? 175
16. FURTHER READING 176
17. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 184
18. DATING SCHEMES AND TRANSLATIONS 187
19. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 188
20. INDEX 189