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Does Ezekiel 16:3-6 say that Jerusalem was a ravaged Canaanite/Amorite/Hittite city and that...

It would seem so - we know that historically, prior to David's conquest of the city, Yerushalayim was controlled at times by the Hittites and the Amorites. In Yehoshua 10:5 it says: "The five Amorite …
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Who built the first Jerusalem wall and when?

Yigal Shiloh, who oversaw archeological digs in Yerushalayim between 1978 and 1985, dated the Middle Bronze Age wall to circa 1800 BCE (Qedem 19, pg. 12). From around this time we have the Execration …
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What Talmudic disputes took place in Jerusalem?

Presumably the argument between Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulas and the other sages over what to do with Bar Kamtza's korban. It sounds like they were arguing right there in the Mikdash.
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How does the Motza Temple fit into our tradition?

From what I've gathered so far, researchers seem to agree that this temple was built prior to the religious reforms enacted by Kings Chizkiyahu and Yoshiyahu1. On-site, the altar and other cultish/ido …
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