Comments on: Yet Another Second Temple Quarry http://rogueclassicism.com/2009/07/06/yet-another-second-temple-quarry/ quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bill http://rogueclassicism.com/2009/07/06/yet-another-second-temple-quarry/#comment-779 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:50:16 +0000 http://rogueclassicism.com/?p=1626#comment-779 It didn’t occur to me he was just extrapolating from Josephus’ Antiquities 15:420 that the porticos and outer courts were built in 8 years. That doesn’t mean the corresponding quarrying hadn’t been going on for 9 or 10 years or more, but I guess I’m quibbling now. XD

Thanks.

]]> By: rogueclassicist http://rogueclassicism.com/2009/07/06/yet-another-second-temple-quarry/#comment-777 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:52:09 +0000 http://rogueclassicism.com/?p=1626#comment-777 It seems to be reading/calculating from Josephus:

http://www.bible-history.com/jewishtemple/JEWISH_TEMPLEInternational_Standard_Bible_Enc.htm

]]> By: Bill http://rogueclassicism.com/2009/07/06/yet-another-second-temple-quarry/#comment-776 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:40:01 +0000 http://rogueclassicism.com/?p=1626#comment-776 Thanks for this as always, David. Any idea where Sion got the figures of “eight years” and “two years”? I like that much better than “about eighty years”, but still.. what is the source?

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