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Robert Kerson 3/3/2010

`Ain Dara Temple and the 5:8:8 triangle

In my previous two papers I showed how an 5:8:8 triangle could have been used to construct the Jerusalem temple

and also the temple at Arad. In this paper I will show how an 5:8:8 triangle may have been used in a temple at `Ain

Dara in Syria.

See the above figure of the `Ain Dara temple. Note how the line at the ¾ point of the line is very close to the line

 between the shrine and the main room. This line would be identical to the line marking the Veil of the Temples.

The size of this square was 42 Cubits, the same cubit measure as at the Jerusalem temple and the Israelite temple at

Arad.

(The reader must first read the article, How Jerusalem Jewish Temple Was Laid Out Using Ropes before

reading this paper. Also, all labels of identical features in this article are labeled identically with the

labeling of the figures in the proceeding article. Thus, point (A) in both articles mark the northeastern

corners of each square etc. This paper I present as a proof that the Jerusalem temple used the same

survey technique since the designers of the Jerusalem temple must have had knowledge of sacred

temple building techniques. This is confirmed stated in 2Chronicles 2:1-13. This knowledge could not

have existed in a vacuum but very likely was known throughout the region. This knowledge could be

expected to be used in Semitic pagan temples dating from the time a Jerusalem Temple existed.)

 

5:8:8 TRIANGLE

Point 1 is ¼ the length of the long line