Temple of Jerusalem
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- proper noun
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Templo de Jerusalén
- Originally, it may have been a story about a man who died a tragic death, but after the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, the public's appetite for End of the World scenarios took off.
Examples
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The Temple of Jerusalem was the center of Jewish worship until its destruction in AD 70.
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When King Solomon constructed the Temple of Jerusalem, the Second Book of Chronicles, chapter 4, verses 2 and 5, tells us:
Blog text (15) -
Originally, it may have been a story about a man who died a tragic death, but after the Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, the public's appetite for End of the World scenarios took off.
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About 70 AD, Titus destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem, and the End of the World cults flourished inside Judaism.
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While the church perceived itself as the new temple, displacing the old one, the synagogue sought neither to replicate nor to replace the Temple of Jerusalem.
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Every year, Jews remember the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem and its significance to their faith.
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King Solomon built the first Temple of Jerusalem to house the Ark of the Covenant.
Synonyms
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Three ancient buildings in Jerusalem that served as the main place for Jewish worship, the last destroyed in AD 70
A temple in Jerusalem built by King Solomon for Jewish worship and later rebuilt on the same site
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward location-based noun phrase: 'temple' (a building for worship) combined with the place name 'Jerusalem' yields 'a temple located in Jerusalem.' The linking preposition 'of' marks the relation and this compositional pattern (building/place) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Temple of Jerusalem originally named the great sacred building in the city of Jerusalem where people came to pray. One popular story says King Solomon built the first Temple to hold the Ark, and later temples were rebuilt and expanded, so the name now refers to the main place of Jewish 'worship' in ancient times.