Marilyn Sams - Academia.edu (original) (raw)
Marilyn Sams has a B.A. and M.A. in English and American Literature from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. She is the author of (1) The Jerusalem Temple Mount Myth, a full-length book containing 375 ancient descriptions showing the Jerusalem temples stood in the City of David, south of the current traditional temple mount, along with chapters on the archaeology of the Haram esh-Sharif and the City of David, and (2) The Jerusalem Temple Mount: A Compendium of Ancient Descriptions, a shorter book consisting of just the descriptions, their sources, and a commentary for each.
Reviews of The Jerusalem Temple Mount Myth
This is an important book, setting out in an easily accessible form facts about the Jerusalem Temple that very few people know. Marilyn Sams brings together a vast array of ancient evidence to argue that the Jerusalem Temple was not on the Temple Mount. She builds on the work of Ernest Martin, whom she acknowledges, and presents a compelling case that the Jerusalem Temple was in fact to the southeast of the Temple Mount. This is a highly sensitive topic dealing with the most contested piece of real estate in the world, and her findings have implications far beyond the world of archaeology and biblical studies.
Dr. Margaret Baker
Biblical Scholar
Author of 28 books
I was a decades-long associate of Dr. Ernest Martin, whose book The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot, is credited by author Marilyn Sams as her starting point in investigating the question of the actual location of the Solomonic and Herodian Temples. Having been familiar with the basic tenets of this debate since Dr. Martin first published on this question in 1998, I can honestly say that Ms. Sams grasp of the question, and attention to the archaeological and historical detail involved, is simply unsurpassed. Her knowledge and understanding of the complex topography of Jerusalem is also amazing. In addition, she has researched this subject to such an extent that she provides a great number of new sources, and indeed, new arguments, that favor Dr. Martin's conclusions.
Bob Ellsworth
Pasadena, California
I found this work to be surprisingly scholarly, rich in both biblical, extra-biblical and archeological references that come together to support the author’s premise that Melchizedek’s, Solomon’s and Herod’s temples all stood roughly in the center of what is known as the City of David…The author also unpacks some of the flaws in the traditionalst views held by such scholars as Ritmeyer, Bahat and E. Mazar, who hold that the Jerusalem Temples sat in what is traditionally considered the Temple Mount complex…Unfortunately, the author’s work may not be taken seriously because she does not carry scholarly credentials sufficient to draw the attention of the academic community, a community not ready for its paradigms to be challenged by a David-type figure. What a shame. She gets 5+ stars from me.
Bob Fair
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