Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-02-27
Tablet from the Temple of Herod in
Jerusalem.

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Tablet from the Temple of Herod In
Jerusalem.
While many ruined cities had been
explored and various memorials of the
past brought to light, Jerusalem, the
Holy City, had been passed by. To
do away with this reproach to Chris
tan people, and in order to make a
scientific exploration of the Holy
Land, the Palestine Exploration
Fund" was formed in England, and a
party of Royal Engineers was sent out
to explore the ruins OF Jerusalem.
Much of interest was the result OF
this investigation, but very few men,
o1ials of the past, or Inscriptions, were
brought to light. On examining the
east wall of Herod's Temple, on one OF
the stones was found three letters
painted in red. On stones in other
parts incised characters were seen re-
sembIing the letters H and ].
On making this discovery the ex-
ploring party communicated with the
Palestine Exploration Fund, and the
late Emanuel Deutsch. an Oriental
scholar then employed in the British
Museum, was sent to examine the in
scriptions. He pronounced the char
acters Phoeniclan, some of which were
quarry signs, but the exact meaning
could not be determined.
The most important of the discover.
les was made by Clermopt Ganneau,
who was Commissioner of the socie-
ty. While examining a portion of the
Temple, be had occasion to pas
through grave yard near the spot
and noticing slab on the ground, he
cleared away the soil on its face, anc
found there an inscription in Greek
not pure Greek. but such as was used
In Jerusalem. On deciphering the in
scription he found it read, mo for.
eigner to proceed within the partition
wall and enclosure around the sanct
uary whoever is caught in the sam,
will on that account be liable to incul
death"
Josephus, in describing the Temple
says: When you went through these
first cloisters into the second court O
the Temple. there was a partition made
of stone all around, whose height wa:
three cubits; its construction was very
elegant: upon ii stood pillars at equa
distances from one another, declaring
the law ofpurfty, some in Greek ant
some in Latin letters, that no foreigne
should go within that sanctuary, fo
that second court of the Temple wa
called the sanctuary, and was ascend
ed to by fourteen steps from the frs
court"
Here, then, after being buried nine
teen centuries, came to light once more
this warning tablet of Herod's Temple
which forbade all foreigners to pene
rate beyond the Court of the GentileS
In this court were the animals required
tor the sacrifices, and other sacrihcla
requirements which were sold for tn,
| purpose. The money-changers sat her
and once when they intruded beyon,
| the limit the Saviour drove them out @
the Temple.
On one occasion Paul took with hin
into Jerusalem an Ephesian name,
rrophimus. It is not known whethe
he introduced hun into the Israelites
court or not, bu' this was the supposit
ion OF the Jews. A great uproar en-
sued, and Paul was roughly handled b
the mob. being rescued with great dill
ficulty by the Roman guard.
1 This tablet explains passage in tn
.pistle to the Ephesians to the effec
hat Christ had broken down the mid
die wall of partition between u.s." tina
is. Christianity was offered to Jews an
Gentiles alike. Paul mas seen this tai
le threatening death to all stranger
that dared to pass beyond the partito
! which separated the Court of the Ger
tiles from that of the lsraelites. TIL
S tablet, placed on the partition wa
plainly visible, and doubtless was
f The Apostles mind when he used III
: simlle.
Il In the Temple of Solomon only lev
were admitted, but when Herod IT
: built the Temple, anxious to concllia,
i; the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks re
siding in Jerusalem he added an on
er court in which they could assembl,
but the warning tablets prepared thel
tor the consequences if they penetra
) ed beyond.
1t will be seen, by reference to II
, tablet, that all the letters are IN cap
tails, and, with few exceptions, tn
words are not divided. but run int
each other. This tablet is the mo
Important of the discoveries yet mac
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