Figures
2.1 Ezekiel’s temple tour, displayed in alphabetical order 36
3.1 Schematic depiction of the layout of the desert encampment, positioned in a double square as a model of sacred space according to the description of the biblical account of Num 2 91
3.2 Schematic depiction of the square ground plan of Ezekiel’s temple with three successive courts, displayed by 16–18th century researchers 96
3.3 Schematic depiction of the square ground plan of an imaginary Roman army camp and a Roman city compared with the ground plan of Ezekiel’s temple 98
4.1 Schematic depiction of the layout of an Egyptian tripartite temple 120
4.2 Schematic depiction of the ground plan of a Mesopotamian courtyard temple 126
4.3 Schematic depiction of temple cellae. Types of access and types of floor plan 130
4.4 Schematic depiction of the ground plan of a Canaanite tripartite long room temple 131
5.1 Schematic depiction of the ground plan of the Tabernacle 146
5.2 Floor plan of Solomon’s temple 158
5.3 Schematic depiction of Solomon’s temple with a 120 cubits high portico 160
5.4 Cross section Solomon’s temple and its annexes/side rooms 162
5.5 Schematic depiction of the 500 × 500 cubits square temple platform in the days of Hezekiah and Manasseh 164
5.6 Massive ashlars (7.00 × 1.20 m) of the current Wailing Wall, part of the western retaining wall of the temple platform 178
5.7 Layout of the Herodian temple mount 180
5.8 schematic depiction temple of the precinct in Herod’s temple with its gates and courts according to Josephus 184
6.1 Gradations of holiness in Israelite sanctuaries compared: a. ground plan of the Tabernacle; b. ground plan of Herod’s temple: c. ground plan of Ezekiel’s temple 205
6.2 Layout of Ezekiel’s temple 208
6.3a Overall measurements of Ezekiel’s temple precinct in cubits 209
6.3b Increasing differences in height from the ground level outside the temple to the level of the outer court, the inner court and the temple platform 209
6.4 Floor plan and measurements of the gatehouses within Ezekiel’s temple complex 215
6.5 Floor plan of a gatehouse within Ezekiel’s temple complex. Circles indicate cylindrical columns or pillars; squares indicate cuboid columns. 218
6.6 Measurements of the restricted area and inner court 222
6.7 Cross sections and longitudinal section of the priestly rooms next to the temple edifice 227
6.8 Cross section and measurements of the burnt offering altar 231
6.9 Tripartite floor plan of the temple edifice including its annexes and its measurements 234
6.10 Cross section of the temple edifice and its measurements 235
7.1 Iconic orthogonal ground plan of the small fortified town of Elburg 257
7.2a Stylised depiction of Ebenezer Howard’s view on the symbiosis of town and country 258
7.2b Stylised depiction of Ebenezer Howard’s concept of a central city with a series of satellites around it 258
7.3 Stylised depiction of Le Corbusier’s ideal plan of La Ville Radieuse (1930) consisting of a high density grid of skyscrapers spread across a vast green area 258
7.4 Stylised depiction of Lucio Costa’s pilot plan (1956) for a new capital Brasilia, resembling a dragonfly, bird or airplane 259
7.5a The Iconic butterfly model of Almelo 260
7.5b The contours of Almelo’s structure plan with its model of alternating urban and green belt areas titled: Structuurplan Almelo. Symbiose tussen stad en land (1997) 260
7.6 Stylised depiction of Ezekiel’s iconic concept of the future temple 260
Table
5.1 Differences in Temple descriptions 156
Maps
4A Locations of appointed temple sites in ancient Egypt 119
4B Locations of appointed temple sites in ancient Mesopotamia 124
4C Locations of appointed Canaanite temple sites in the ancient Phoenician, Syrian and Palestinian region 129
4D Locations of appointed cities and temple sites in the ancient Palestinian region 136
5A Location of Solomon’s temple and palace on Mount Moriah 153
5B Recent proposals for the location of Herod’s temple 188