The Aramaic Targum to Song of Songs, translated by Jay C. Treat
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat//song/targum/
1:17 Solomon the prophet said, “How beautiful is the Temple of YY that was built by my hands from cedar! But even more beautiful will be the Temple that is destined to be built in the days of the King, the Messiah, the beams of which will be from the cedars of the Garden of Eden, and the pillars of which will be from fir, juniper, and cypress.”
And indeed, the temple built "in the days of the King, the Messiah" Yeshua the Meshikah was "even more beautiful" than the Solomon-built temple-- see below. It took 83 years to finish the building of Herod's Temple, and it was utterly destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70, only 4 years after its completion.
George Peter Holford's _The Destruction of Jerusalem_ (1805, 1814, 1858) http://www.preteristarchive.com/Books/18...proof.html
hat tip: https://www.amazon.com/Destruction-Jerus...967831725/
from PDF http://vladspost.com/pdf/Jews/Destructio...usalem.pdf
The tower last mentioned commanded an excellent view of
the whole temple, the riches grandeur, and elegance of which
it is not in the power of language to describe. Whether we
consider its architecture, its dimensions, its magnificence, its
splendor, or the sacred purposes to which it was dedicated, it
must equally be regarded as the most astonishing fabric that was
ever constructed. It was erected partly on a solid rock, which
was originally steep on every side. The foundations of what was
called the lower temple were 300 cubits in depth, and the stones
of which they were composed, more than sixty feet in length,
while the superstructure contained, of the whitest marble, stones
nearly sixty-eight feet long, more than seven feet high, and nine
broad. The circuit of the whole building was four furlongs; its
height one hundred cubits; one hundred and sixty pillars, each
twenty seven feet high, ornamented and sustained the immense
and ponderous edifice. In the front, spacious and lofty galleries,
wainscoted with cedar, were supported by columns of white
marble, in uniform rows.
In short, says Josephus, nothing could surpass even the exterior
of this temple, for its elegant and curious workmanship.
It was adorned with solid plates of gold that rivaled the beauty
of the rising sun, and were scarcely less dazzling to the eye than
the beams of that luminary. Of those parts of the building which
were not gilt, when viewed from a distance, some, says he,
appeared like pillars of snow, and some, like mountains of
white marble.
The splendour of the interior parts
of the temple corresponded with its external magnificence. It
was decorated and enriched by every thing, that was costly,
elegant and superb. Religious donations and offerings had poured
into this wonderful repository of precious stores from every
part of the world, during many successive ages. In the lower
temple were placed those sacred curiosities, the seven branched
candlestick of pure gold, the table for the shew-bread, and the
altar of incense; the two latter of which were covered with plates
of the same metal. In the sanctuary were several doors fifty-five
cubits high and sixteen in breadth which were all likewise of
gold. Before these doors hung a veil of the most beautiful
Babylonian tapestry, composed of scarlet, blue, and purple, exquisitely
interwoven, and wrought up to the highest degree of art. From
the top of the ceiling depended branches and leaves of vines,
and large clusters of grapes, hanging down five or six feet, all
of gold and of most admirable workmanship.
In addition to these proofs of the splendour and riches of the temple,
may be noticed its eastern gate of pure Corinthian brass more esteemed
even than the precious metals—the golden folding doors of the
chambers—the beautiful carved-work, gilding, and painting of
the galleries—golden vessels, &c. of the sanctuary—the
sacerdotal vestments of scarlet, violet, and purple—the vast wealth
of the treasury—abundance of precious stones, and immense
quantities of all kinds of costly spices and perfumes.
In short, the most valuable and sumptuous of whatever nature, or art,
or opulence, could supply was enclosed within the consecrated
walls of this magnificent and venerable edifice.
So much concerning this celebrated city, and its still more
celebrated temple. We shall now consider our Lord’s prophecies
relating to their destruction. ....
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Compared with Solomon's Temple, God said about the 2nd temple, "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former." How was the glory of the 2nd temple greater than the glory of Solomon's Temple? (by Yeshua the Meshikha's visit there?)
God also said, "in this place will I give peace." That 2nd temple was destroyed in A.D. 70. When did God "give peace" in the 2nd temple? (A.D. 30?)
Haggai 2 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/haggai/2.htm
1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying:
2 ‘Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is not such a one as nothing in your eyes? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work; for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt have I established, and My spirit abideth among you; fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 and I will shake all nations, and the choicest things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 *The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former,* saith the LORD of hosts; and *in this place will I give peace,* saith the LORD of hosts.’
2 Chronicles 5 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/2_chronicles/5.htm
1 Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had hallowed; even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. ....
13 it came even to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD: ‘for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever’; that then *the house was filled with a cloud,* even the house of the LORD, 14 so that *the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.*
2 Chronicles 7 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm
1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and *the glory of the LORD filled the house.* 2 And *the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’S house.* 3 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and *the glory of the LORD was upon the house;* and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the LORD; ‘for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.’
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Do you agree with me that "the children of Israel" are currently "without sacrifice ... and without ephod"?
Hosea 3 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/hosea/3.htm
4 For the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim; 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.
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"a book" Not that I know of. I at one point wanted to do a book, but got only as far as posting a very rough draft at and around https://groups.google.com/d/msg/aus.reli...-uGFZ9CjwJ
Is a fiery Gehenna in the Hebrew Bible?
The Psalms Targum: An English Translation, by Edward M. Cook
Psalm 21, http://www.targum.info/pss/ps1.htm
8. Because the King Messiah hopes in the Lord;[110] and through the favor of the Most High he is not shaken.
9. The blow of your hand will reach all your foes; the vengeance of your right hand will find all your enemies.
10. You will make them like a fiery furnace[111] at the time of your anger, O Lord; in his anger he will swallow them up and the inferno of Gehenna will consume them.[112]
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat//song/targum/
1:17 Solomon the prophet said, “How beautiful is the Temple of YY that was built by my hands from cedar! But even more beautiful will be the Temple that is destined to be built in the days of the King, the Messiah, the beams of which will be from the cedars of the Garden of Eden, and the pillars of which will be from fir, juniper, and cypress.”
And indeed, the temple built "in the days of the King, the Messiah" Yeshua the Meshikah was "even more beautiful" than the Solomon-built temple-- see below. It took 83 years to finish the building of Herod's Temple, and it was utterly destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70, only 4 years after its completion.
George Peter Holford's _The Destruction of Jerusalem_ (1805, 1814, 1858) http://www.preteristarchive.com/Books/18...proof.html
hat tip: https://www.amazon.com/Destruction-Jerus...967831725/
from PDF http://vladspost.com/pdf/Jews/Destructio...usalem.pdf
The tower last mentioned commanded an excellent view of
the whole temple, the riches grandeur, and elegance of which
it is not in the power of language to describe. Whether we
consider its architecture, its dimensions, its magnificence, its
splendor, or the sacred purposes to which it was dedicated, it
must equally be regarded as the most astonishing fabric that was
ever constructed. It was erected partly on a solid rock, which
was originally steep on every side. The foundations of what was
called the lower temple were 300 cubits in depth, and the stones
of which they were composed, more than sixty feet in length,
while the superstructure contained, of the whitest marble, stones
nearly sixty-eight feet long, more than seven feet high, and nine
broad. The circuit of the whole building was four furlongs; its
height one hundred cubits; one hundred and sixty pillars, each
twenty seven feet high, ornamented and sustained the immense
and ponderous edifice. In the front, spacious and lofty galleries,
wainscoted with cedar, were supported by columns of white
marble, in uniform rows.
In short, says Josephus, nothing could surpass even the exterior
of this temple, for its elegant and curious workmanship.
It was adorned with solid plates of gold that rivaled the beauty
of the rising sun, and were scarcely less dazzling to the eye than
the beams of that luminary. Of those parts of the building which
were not gilt, when viewed from a distance, some, says he,
appeared like pillars of snow, and some, like mountains of
white marble.
The splendour of the interior parts
of the temple corresponded with its external magnificence. It
was decorated and enriched by every thing, that was costly,
elegant and superb. Religious donations and offerings had poured
into this wonderful repository of precious stores from every
part of the world, during many successive ages. In the lower
temple were placed those sacred curiosities, the seven branched
candlestick of pure gold, the table for the shew-bread, and the
altar of incense; the two latter of which were covered with plates
of the same metal. In the sanctuary were several doors fifty-five
cubits high and sixteen in breadth which were all likewise of
gold. Before these doors hung a veil of the most beautiful
Babylonian tapestry, composed of scarlet, blue, and purple, exquisitely
interwoven, and wrought up to the highest degree of art. From
the top of the ceiling depended branches and leaves of vines,
and large clusters of grapes, hanging down five or six feet, all
of gold and of most admirable workmanship.
In addition to these proofs of the splendour and riches of the temple,
may be noticed its eastern gate of pure Corinthian brass more esteemed
even than the precious metals—the golden folding doors of the
chambers—the beautiful carved-work, gilding, and painting of
the galleries—golden vessels, &c. of the sanctuary—the
sacerdotal vestments of scarlet, violet, and purple—the vast wealth
of the treasury—abundance of precious stones, and immense
quantities of all kinds of costly spices and perfumes.
In short, the most valuable and sumptuous of whatever nature, or art,
or opulence, could supply was enclosed within the consecrated
walls of this magnificent and venerable edifice.
So much concerning this celebrated city, and its still more
celebrated temple. We shall now consider our Lord’s prophecies
relating to their destruction. ....
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Compared with Solomon's Temple, God said about the 2nd temple, "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former." How was the glory of the 2nd temple greater than the glory of Solomon's Temple? (by Yeshua the Meshikha's visit there?)
God also said, "in this place will I give peace." That 2nd temple was destroyed in A.D. 70. When did God "give peace" in the 2nd temple? (A.D. 30?)
Haggai 2 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/haggai/2.htm
1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying:
2 ‘Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is not such a one as nothing in your eyes? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work; for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt have I established, and My spirit abideth among you; fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7 and I will shake all nations, and the choicest things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 *The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former,* saith the LORD of hosts; and *in this place will I give peace,* saith the LORD of hosts.’
2 Chronicles 5 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/2_chronicles/5.htm
1 Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had hallowed; even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. ....
13 it came even to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD: ‘for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever’; that then *the house was filled with a cloud,* even the house of the LORD, 14 so that *the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.*
2 Chronicles 7 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm
1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and *the glory of the LORD filled the house.* 2 And *the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’S house.* 3 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and *the glory of the LORD was upon the house;* and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the LORD; ‘for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.’
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Do you agree with me that "the children of Israel" are currently "without sacrifice ... and without ephod"?
Hosea 3 (JPS Tanakh 1917), https://biblehub.com/jps/hosea/3.htm
4 For the children of Israel shall sit solitary many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim; 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling unto the LORD and to His goodness in the end of days.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
"a book" Not that I know of. I at one point wanted to do a book, but got only as far as posting a very rough draft at and around https://groups.google.com/d/msg/aus.reli...-uGFZ9CjwJ
Is a fiery Gehenna in the Hebrew Bible?
The Psalms Targum: An English Translation, by Edward M. Cook
Psalm 21, http://www.targum.info/pss/ps1.htm
8. Because the King Messiah hopes in the Lord;[110] and through the favor of the Most High he is not shaken.
9. The blow of your hand will reach all your foes; the vengeance of your right hand will find all your enemies.
10. You will make them like a fiery furnace[111] at the time of your anger, O Lord; in his anger he will swallow them up and the inferno of Gehenna will consume them.[112]