Isaac Newton's Temple of Solomon and his Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Plates

Introduction

The Unpublished Manuscripts of Isaac Newton

Argument from Design

Structure of This Book

Conclusion

Chronology, Prisca Sapientia and the Temple

The Short Chronicle

The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Principia and Prisca Sapientia

Conclusion

Prophesy and the Temple

Influences

The Language of the Prophets

The Practices of the Prytanæa and the Temple

Is Ezekiel's Vision of the Temple the Same as Solomon's Temple?

Conclusion

Prytanæum and the Floor Plan of the Temple of Solomon

The Prytanæum as the Frame of the Universe

The Prytanæum or Temple as Microcosm of the Macrocosm

Stonehenge as Prytanæum

Maimonides' Floor Plan of the Temple

Conclusion

The Temple Measurements and the Sacred Cubit

Overview of Ancient Measurements

John Greaves and Egyptian Measurements

Newton's Interpretation of the Hebrew Cubit

Conclusion

An Overview of the Contents and the Source of Babson MS 0434

Overview of Babson 0434

The Sources of Babson 0434

Conclusion

Reconstruction

The Differences in the Images of the Temple in the Chronology and Babson MS 0434

The Differences Between the Description of the Temple in the Chronology and in Babson MS 0434

The Description(s) of the Temple in Babson MS 0434

The Reconstruction

Conclusion

Transcription of the English Annotation in Fig. 7.4

Conclusion

Translation of Babson MS 0434

Introduction to the Lexicon of the Prophets, Part Two: About the Appearance of the Jewish Temple

Dimensions of the Gate on Each Side of the Atrium, as the Shape was Illustrated in Ezekiel 40

Commentary

Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index