Footnote 4 – Strata: Is This What the Temple Menorah Looked Like?

^‡ Despite the fact that the Tabernacle menorah described in Exodus has seven branches, Duke University archaeologist Carol Meyers argues that Solomon’s Temple contained only single-stemmed lamps. See Carol L. Meyers, “Was There a Seven-Branched Lampstand in Solomon’s Temple?” BAR 05:05.