Timeline for Who laid the megalithic foundation stones under the wailing wall?
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| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:41 | vote | accept | Ruminator | ||
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:28 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Doniel I don't agree. Not sure what importance you're seeing. Maybe you're thinking of something on the mountain up top? | |
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:27 | comment | added | DonielF | @DoubleAA Agreed, the Kosel seems to be pretty important. | |
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:26 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Doniel I think that's what we're talking about | |
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:26 | comment | added | DonielF | @DoubleAA The base of the Kosel??? | |
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:16 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @Doniel why is this structure important in Judaism? | |
| Dec 1, 2019 at 0:00 | answer | added | Mordechai | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 16, 2019 at 13:13 | history | edited | Ruminator | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 27, 2018 at 3:51 | comment | added | Ruminator | I wonder if perhaps Herod recycled (and stylized) more ancient stones? Relevant passages are: 1 Kings 7:9-12 and Ezra 3:10-13. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1029246447160643584 | ||
| Aug 8, 2018 at 14:59 | comment | added | DonielF | @ezra History of an important structure in Judaism. Seems on-topic to me. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 4:30 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 8, 2018 at 4:10 | comment | added | ezra | How is this about Judaism? | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 3:27 | answer | added | Hershy S. | timeline score: -1 | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 1:12 | comment | added | Gary | @Ruminator - No, IMO. Herod's other structures have the same type of edgework, as well as other common features. He used up Judea's resources pretty extravagantly, when he wasn't paying off his Roman pals. See- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodian_architecture Oops, DoubleAA already found it.. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 1:08 | comment | added | Ruminator | @Gary Might the idea that Herod built on existing megalithic stones with far inferior stone and stonework match the evidence more simply? | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 0:55 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Technically they aren't under the wall. They ARE the wall. They were built at ground level and in the last 2000 years the valley on one side of the wall has largely filled in with dirt, burying the bottom half of the wall. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 0:36 | comment | added | Gary | The Wikipedia entry on the Western Wall - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall - says the 17 courses below street level, and some above, are from Herod's time. He expanded the Temple mount and built it as a retaining wall for his upgrade to it. His stonework is recognizable because the stones(ashlars I think is the technical term) are , first, larger than the layers added later above them, and second, they usually have a "frame" or "edge" chiseled into their borders for aesthetic reasons. | |
| Aug 8, 2018 at 0:34 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodian_architecture#Herodian_masonry | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 23:57 | history | edited | Ruminator | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2018 at 23:56 | comment | added | רבות מחשבות | Very interesting question; image link not working for me. | |
| Aug 7, 2018 at 23:53 | history | asked | Ruminator | CC BY-SA 4.0 |