Since their unearthing in the 2010–2011 excavations of Eli Shukron and Ronny Reich, the City of David “rock-cut rooms” have generated significant interest and speculation. The unusual nature of the rooms, including apparently cultic installations, has led some to associate them with Melchizedek (known to some as “Temple Zero”), King David or even the work of a later biblical king.
On today’s program, Brent Nagtegaal takes you through the archaeology of the site from two recent academic papers and then compares that with what the Bible might say about this mysterious location just above the Gihon Spring.
Show Notes
“Worship—or Workshop? Making Sense of the City of David ‘Rock-Cut Rooms’,” by Christopher Eames
“Evidence of Worship in the Rock-Cut Rooms on the Eastern Slope of the City of David, Jerusalem,” scientific report
