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===Dome of the Spirits===

===Dome of the Spirits===

An alternative theory described by physicist Asher Kaufman is based on the tradition that the temple was due west of the Golden Gate. This gate was built by Justinian in the sixth century and sealed off by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1541. It was sealed because there is a tradition that the messiah will enter using this gate.<ref>Ezekiel prophesied that the gate would be sealed. (Ezekiel 44:2).</ref> If the location of this gate corresponds to the Herodian gate, that would put the temple at the Dome of the Spirits (or Dome of the Tablets), which is 330 feet north of the Dome of the Rock. This site is sacred to the Sufi sect.

An alternative theory described by physicist Asher Kaufman is based on the tradition that the temple was due west of the eastern gate.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Berakhot.54a.7?ven=William_Davidson_Edition_-_English&lang=bi Berakhot 54a:7]</ref> The current gate was built by Justinian in the sixth century. It was sealed off by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1541. The sealing of the gate fulfills a prophesy by Ezekiel.<ref>Ezekiel 44:2.</ref> If the location of this gate corresponds to the Herodian gate, that would put the temple at the Dome of the Spirits (or Dome of the Tablets), which is 330 feet north of the Dome of the Rock. This site is sacred to the Sufi sect.

The name Dome of the Tablets suggests that a tradition connected this site to the temple. But the dome was built in the tenth century, after the Golden Gate was built.<ref name="dolphin"/> There is a tradition that connects the Golden Gate to the Shushan Gate of rabbic literature. But there is no consensus regarding where this gate was or if it even existed.<ref>Levine, Lee I., Jerusalem: Portrait of the City (538 B.C.E. - 70 C.E.)'', 2002, pp. 229-230.</ref>

The name Dome of the Tablets suggests that a tradition connected this site to the temple. But the dome was built in the tenth century, after the Golden Gate was built.<ref name="dolphin"/> There is a tradition that connects the Golden Gate to the Shushan Gate of rabbic literature. But there is no consensus regarding where this gate was or if it even existed.<ref>Levine, Lee I., Jerusalem: Portrait of the City (538 B.C.E. - 70 C.E.)'', 2002, pp. 229-230.</ref>