{"id":28,"date":"2009-04-22T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2009\/04\/a-model-of-herods-temple.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T19:37:00","slug":"a-model-of-herods-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2009\/04\/a-model-of-herods-temple.html","title":{"rendered":"A MODEL OF HEROD’S TEMPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alec Garrard is a farmer, but he had a dream (not to be confused with a field of dreams). Alec has worked for more than 30 years to create a full and accurate model of Herod’s Temple. His version of the Temple is so impressive that some of the world\u2019s top archaeologists and experts from the British Museum have come to view it. The pictures speak for themselves. See what you think. BW3<\/p>\n

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Alec Garrard is a farmer, but he had a dream (not to be confused with a field of dreams). Alec has worked for more than 30 years to create a full and accurate model of Herod’s Temple. 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