Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
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