Rose Guide to the Temple

Rose Guide to the Temple is the ONLY Christian book on the Temple in Jerusalem with clear plastic overlays that allow you to "see inside" the Jerusalem temple AND has over 150 temple pictures, illustrations, diagrams, and charts! Rose Guide to the Temple is a full-color Christian book that provides a complete, easy-to-understand overview of the history of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Based on the most up-to-date discoveries, this book explains the biblical and historical background of the temple in Jerusalem. The author is archaeologist and professor Dr. Randall Price, who has spent more than 30 years exploring the Holy Land and studying the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Features Exclusive Temple Pictures, Temple Mount Illustrations, and Clear Plastic Overlays

Rose Guide to the Temple has 150 images, charts, diagrams, photos, and illustrations, many of which have never published before, and covers the important events and people in the history of the Temple from Abraham to modern day. Includes these key features—

Highly-Visual: features stunning labeled diagrams and graphics with clear plastic overlays (to see inside and outside the temple, 5 timelines packed with hundreds of key events (King David to modern day), and more!
Easy-to-Read: information laid out in clear, easy-to-read charts, scannable bullet points, and simple summaries to help you learn exactly what you need to know at a glance!
Bible-Based: packed with Scripture references and diagrams drawn and designed by biblical scholars to help you get the most solid and accurate depictions and descriptions possible!

Bonus! Fold-out Temple Poster by National Geographic® shows a new digital model of the Herodian Temple Mount throughout time!
Covers Important Events and People in the History of the Temple from Abraham to Modern Day

Section 1: God's Sanctuary Before the Temple (Pre-temple Sanctuaries)

Overview of the Temple in God's Plan
Pre-Temple Sanctuaries (The Garden of Eden, The Tabernacle, etc.)
Background on the Temple— What does "Temple" mean? How do we know about the Temple?

Section 2: The First Temple in Jerusalem (The First Temple's Construction, Design, and Destruction)

Overview of the First Temple— King David, King Solomon Temples
Diagrams and description of key parts of the Temple and furnishings, including the courtyard, the Holy of Holies, the veil, the Ark of the Covenant, the Golden lampstand, and more!
Summary of the purposes of the Temple, priestly duties, and the various feasts of Israel.

Section 3: The Second Temple in Jerusalem (Zerubbabel's and Herod's Temples)

Covers Zerubbabel's Temple— the site, construction of the Temple, the Temple Mount, political upheaval, and the Romans conquest of Jerusalem
Covers Herod's Temple— Herod's plan for a a bigger temple, the construction, design, and the destruction of the Temple.
The Temple's importance at Jesus' time

Section 4: The Modern Temple Mount and Future Temple (Ezekiel's Temple)

History of the Temple Mount after the Temple: from Early Roman and Byzantine period through the Crusades to the modern era.
The Temple Mount Today: from Early Roman and Byzantine period through the Crusades to the modern era.
The Future Temple—Ezekiel's Temple: The Temple Scroll and the new Jerusalem.