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2 unusual facts about Holy of Holies


Holy of Holies

Josephus records that Pompey profaned the Temple by insisting on entering the Holy of Holies.

The Saint Thomas Christians (also known as Nasrani or Syrian Christians) from Kerala, South India still follow a lot of Jewish Christian tradition.



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Albion Ballenger

His revision stated that the Christ came into the Holy of Holies site which was a part of Tabernacle by 1844.

Foundation Stone

Archaeologist Leen Ritmeyer noticed that there are sections of the rock cut completely flat, which north-to-south have a width of 6 cubits, precisely the width that the Mishnah credits to the wall of the Holy of Holies, and hence Ritmeyer proposed that these flat sections constitute foundation trenches on top of which the walls of the original temple were laid.