Talk:Herodium

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Both articles refer to the same location. Beth-haccerem consists of a few lines dealing with its relevance before the Babylonian Exile, and Herodium has a more detailed discussion of its significance in the Second Temple period. The seperate articles only serve to confuse the reader. Tewfik 04:55, 20 March 2006 (UTC) See:

• http://www.christnotes.org/dictionary.php?dict=sbd&id=733
• http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=972&letter=B

Tewfik 05:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Herodium - its the common name used to describe the site today. Beth-haccerem is also poorly transliterated to English, and prone to inconsistancy: Beth-haccerem, Bet-Haccerem, Beth-Hakerem, Bet Hakerem, etc... --Shuki 19:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if a merge is appropriate anymore, as there are divergent scholarly opinions on the true site. I believe we should leave them as separate articles until a clearer position can be argued. Tewfik^Talk 01:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Which Herod?

The article says:

Herodium is the fortress palace of King Herod

Which Herod is that? Gdr 21:22, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Herod the great. Deror 12:26, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. Gdr 12:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC)