# Talk:Mount Gerizim Temple

There's no indication in the first para of the lede exactly where this temple is in the modern world. Ericoides (talk) 04:04, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

The article states that the Mount Gerizim Temple was originally constructed in the mid-5th century BCE, a dating first proposed by Yitzhak Magen in 2007 and which has found widespread acceptance. However, more recently Eran Arie (2021, 2023) has reexamined the evidence and proposed that the construction of the earliest precinct on Mount Gerizim should be redated to the late Iron Age (650–550 BCE). In light of this, should the article mention that the 5th century BCE dating of the original temple construction has been disputed recently? Note to @Mariamnei who has been working hard on this page. Potatín5 (talk) 15:48, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Interesting find, @Potatín5! I wasn't aware of this theory, so I've definitely learned something new. The Persian era dating is still the most widely accepted, as Arie himself writes in his 2023 paper: "Almost all scholars who've studied this phase agree on the construction date in the Persian Period", but I definitely agree it's important to give that theory its due weight. I've added a bit more detail in a few sections to touch on both Arie's theory and the evidence he used to support his dating. Mariamnei (talk) 15:46, 3 November 2025 (UTC)