Endnote 8 – Was the Site of the Jerusalem Temple Originally a Cemetery?

Conflicting points of view have been voiced since the early days of archaeological research in Jerusalem. See Charles C. Warren and Claude R. Conder, Survey of Western Palestine Vol. V (London, 1884), pp. 98–100; Yigael Yadin, “The First Temple,” in Michael Avi-Yonah, ed., Sefer Yerushalaim (Jerusalem, 1957), p. 187 (in Hebrew); Avi-Yonah, “Jerusalem of the Second Temple Period,” in Yadin, ed., Jerusalem Revealed (Jerusalem, 1975). p. 13.