Temple courts in Jerusalem

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architectural ensemble public space religious precinct

Temple courts in Jerusalem were the expansive outer areas surrounding the ancient Jewish Temple, serving as central public spaces for worship, teaching, and communal gatherings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Excavations south and southwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural ensemble ⓘ public space ⓘ religious precinct ⓘ
accessibility	open to large crowds ⓘ
accessRestrictedBy	purity regulations ⓘ
adjacentTo	City of David NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidron Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	Levites NERFINISHED ⓘ priests ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Second Temple period architecture ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Jesus’ teaching in the Temple ⓘ money changers in the Temple ⓘ public reading of the Law ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of national and religious identity of ancient Jews ⓘ
currentStatus	no longer standing ⓘ
destroyedBy	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedIn	70 CE ⓘ
economicActivity	money changing for Temple tax ⓘ sale of sacrificial animals ⓘ
function	central public space of Jerusalem ⓘ focus of pilgrimage festivals ⓘ
governedBy	Temple authorities ⓘ
hasPart	Court of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of the Gentiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of the Priests NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible New Testament ⓘ
ownership	community of Israel ⓘ
partOf	Temple in Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor	Jews from all Israel ⓘ Jews from the Diaspora ⓘ
regulatedBy	Jewish religious law ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sacredness	considered holy space ⓘ
significantPeriod	First Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
siteNow	Temple Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrounded	Temple sanctuary ⓘ
usedFor	communal gatherings ⓘ prayer ⓘ sacred rituals ⓘ teaching ⓘ worship ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jerusalem church → hadMeetingPlace → Temple courts in Jerusalem ⓘ

Benjamin Mazar → notableWork → Temple courts in Jerusalem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Excavations south and southwest of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem