Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The First Temple -- The world of the First Temple -- The Second Temple -- The meaning of the Temple of Jerusalem in the Jewish community following 70 C.E. -- The idea of the temple within Christianity -- The idea of the temple within Islam -- The meaning of the temple in our times -- The temple of the future: the influence of the Temple of Jerusalem on the apocalyptic ideas of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
