The Gigantic Dimensions of the Visionary Temple in the Temple Scroll - The BAS Library

Endnotes

1.

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 15.421.

2.

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 15.420.

3.

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jesus, 20.219.

4.

The exact size of the cubit referred to in the scroll is’ unfortunately, unknown to us. I have assumed, somewhat arbitrarily, that the cubit is 0.5 meter or 19.7 inches long, which is 10 to 15 percent longer or shorter than the length of the cubit according to various scholars.

5.

See Magen Broshi, “Estimating the Population of Jerusalem,” BAR 04:02.